Pro-and-anti-independence parties committed to a deal regarding the future political status of the French Pacific territory ...

Israel, New Caledonia and Northern Ireland are the last settler-colonies facing demographic threats. As others stall ...

The new agreement must be approved by referendum to take effect, and even then friction will likely continue between Nouméa ...

France and New Caledonian stakeholders have agreed to start a one-year process that may reconfigure France’s relation to its ...

The agreement does not grant France’s 172 years-old Pacific colony independence, either immediately or in the future.

A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.

France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence sought ...

"This compromise will not fully satisfy anyone. But I am firmly convinced that it allows us to take New Caledonia out of the spiral of violence, uncertainties, and destruction." ...

- A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.

France has announced a sweeping agreement granting more autonomy to the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. However, it stops short of the full independence sought by some Indigenous Kanaks.