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New laws imposed by the French parliament have inflamed tensions on the island territory.

After three nights of rioting in Noumea, French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia

Baku Initiative Group and 14 movements fighting for independence in last colonies of France issued Statement of support for New Caledonia

The Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and Prime Minister (PM) of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, has reaffirmed MSG’s support of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (Front de

France’s electoral reform plans, tacitly backed by Australia, face strong resistance, says Nic Maclellan.

As the French National Assembly and Senate debate changes to New Caledonia’s electoral laws, there are protests in the streets of Noumea.

As the French National Assembly and Senate debate changes to New Caledonia's electoral laws, there are protests in the streets of Noumea.

An Algerian general and defense minister, Khaled Nezzar was part of a ruling junta in the 1990s that escalated an iron-fisted campaign of repression and bloodshed against Islamist opponents that claimed at least 100,000 lives during an era called the "Black Decade."

Major General Khaled Nezzar, who has died aged 86, was the Algerian army’s mailed fist in the suppression of anti-government riots in 1988 and in the war against the Islamists in the 1990s, precursors of the drive for change which would again be thwarted during the Arab Spring in the century to come.

Campaigners in the Basque Country want a quota system to limit new second homes, Brittany proposes housing priority for existing residents