Tag: Kanaks

• Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:37 UTC

  Why independence movements fail in French Overseas Territories

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific (and another 2 million living in other bits of its former empire on islands in all the world’s major oceans).

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

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

  

  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.