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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]
New Caledonia became French in 1853 under Emperor Napoleon III, Napoleon’s nephew and heir. It became an overseas territory after World War II, with French citizenship granted to all Kanaks in 1957.
Location of New Caledonia in Oceania. New Caledonia is a French overseas territory in the southwest Pacific. [28] It has a population of about 270,000; with the indigenous Kanak people constituting, according to the 2019 census, 41% of the population, the Europeans (Caldoche and metropolitan French) 28%, those of mixed race 11%, with other ethnic minorities (including Wallisians, Tahitians ...
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 ...
Meanwhile, the New Caledonia government said a large cyber attack launched soon after the announcement of Macron's visit - and now ended - had aimed to make internet services unavailable, with ...
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.
The New Caledonia government said on Friday the island had stocks of food for two months and the problem was distribution. "Our calls for calm, peace and reconciliation are beginning to be heard ...
Named after New Caledonia's capital and largest city, the Nouméa Accord was the second accord, following the Matignon Agreements (1988). Under the conditions of the agreement , the Vice President of New Caledonia must be a pro-independence politician if the Presidency is held by an anti-independence politician.