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Montevideo, July 27th 2024 - 00:18 UTC

Tag: French Overseas Territory

  • Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 12:03 UTC

    French Overseas Territory under curfew following changes in Paris to voting bill

    “Soldiers from the armed forces have been deployed to secure the New Caledonia ports and the airport,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced in Paris.

    France declared a 12-day state of emergency in the Overseas Territory of New Caledonia, following riots and arson that left at least four people killed. The trigger of the violence came after the French assembly in Paris passed a contentious voting bill, according to New Caledonia High Commissioner Louis Le Franc, who said that “a curfew and a ban on TikTok” were now in force.

  • Wednesday, May 15th 2024 - 16:40 UTC

    Rioting in French Overseas Territory over voting rights diluting indigenous Kanaks influence

    Some 200 often armed youths seemed to be leading the violence targeting police with warnings officers would eventually be forced to return fire unless this ceased.

    The government of the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia, to the east of Australia appealed to security forces and issued a 12-hour overnight curfew for Tuesday night following violent protests and rioting in the capital Noumea.

  • Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

    New Caledonia votes to remain as a French Overseas Territory

    “At this stage in the count, the 'no' vote looks on track to win it,” a spokesman for France's Ministry of Overseas Territories told the media.

    Voters on the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia were on course to reject breaking away from France in a referendum on Sunday, partial results showed. With votes from 282 out of 304 polling stations tallied, the partial results showed the “no” camp ahead with 53.6% support after expanding its lead as results came in from the capital, Noumea, traditionally a bastion of pro-Paris loyalty.

  • Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 06:46 UTC

    French Overseas Territory New Caledonia votes on independence referendum on Sunday

    Declared a French Overseas Territory in 1946, New Caledonia is one of 13 such overseas territories, scattered around the globe

    New Caledonia, an idyllic French Overseas Territory island territory in the southwestern Pacific, votes Sunday on whether to seek full independence from Paris, 18,000 km away Thirty years in the making, Sunday’s referendum will call 174,154 voters to the polls to test the appeal of remaining a part of France, a vector of state subsidies but also, some feel, a kind of neglect.