New Caledonia: France seeks state of emergency amid riots

France Declares State of Emergency in New Caledonia After 4 Killed in Clashes with Police

France has declared a state of emergency and is deploying its forces to New Caledonia amid mounting unrest in the Pacific archipelago. At least four people were killed in clashes this week. Tensions have been rising as Indigenous Kanak communities protest plans to allow French residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote in provincial elections. Kanak resident: “We feel oppressed. We are angry. Everything is taking place over t…

France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia amidst riots against proposed voting changes

France declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia on Wednesday in an attempt to quell recent riots in the South Pacific territory, which left four people dead and hundreds injured. The riots have grown out of opposition to a set of proposed changes to voting rights in the territory. The change would enfranchise those who have lived there for ten years or more. Presently, voting rights are limited to the indigenous Kanak population, as well a…

France imposes a state of emergency in New Caledonia as unrest continues

Deadly violence continued for a third night in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia over a proposed change to France’s Constitution that would give voting rights to an increasing number of non-Indigenous residents of the archipelago.French TV reports showed stores and cars in New Caledonia that were looted and burned, and citizens, some of them armed with rifles and machetes, clashing with riot police. Plumes of smoke from numerous fire…

Hundreds arrested after 3rd night of violent protests in French-ruled New Caledonia

State of emergency in place, police presence on island beefed up after protests sparked by proposal to allow French nationals to vote in island's local elections - Anadolu Ajansı

Emergency Declared In French Territory New Caledonia. Here's Why

The French government has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia, the semi-autonomous French Pacific territory, after three nights of deadly clashes resulted in four deaths and hundreds of injuries. Apart from deploying troops in the area, the government has also banned TikTok.  After the clashes, streets were filled with debris from burned buildings and materials used in riots. Armoured vehicles were patrolling the now-empty streets, wh…

France deploys troops, bans TikTok to quell New Caledonia unrest

NOUMEA, France — France deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded. Pro-independence, largely Indigenous protests against a French plan to impose new voting rules on its Pacific archipelago have spiraled into the deadliest violence since the 1980s, with a police officer among several killed …