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December 3 – New Caledonia's overnight curfew is lifted. [16] December 24 – The territorial government collapses after environment and sustainable development minister Jérémie Katidjo-Monnier of Caledonia Together resigns from the cabinet of President Louis Mapou. [17]
Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the vast archipelago with decades of tensions ...
New Caledonia is a French sui generis collectivity with a system of government based on parliamentarism and representative democracy.The President of the Government is the head of government, and there is a multi-party system, with Executive power being exercised by the government.
Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, imposed a curfew in the capital and called for police reinforcements after protests over the ...
France annexed New Caledonia in 1853 and gave the colony the status of overseas territory in 1946. New Caledonia is the world's No. 3 nickel miner but one in five residents live under the poverty ...
New Caledonia has a collegial government with 11 members elected by Congress of New Caledonia with proportional representation on party list voting, according to the rule of the highest average. [2] Then, according to the Nouméa Accord, the 11 members elect President and Vice President among themselves. [3]
The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of ...
New Caledonia is subdivided into 33 communes (municipalities), which in most cases predate the provinces. One commune, Poya, was divided between the two mainland provinces as part of the Matignon Accords. On the list below, communal seats are shown in parentheses if different from the commune name.