Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia
Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical battle
By Kelvin Anthony in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat’s Director-General, Leonard Louma, says the Pacific region continues to be the centre of geopolitical...
West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila
By Kelvin Anthony
The Pacific region’s focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu hosts the heads of governments from Fiji, Papua...
Open letter criticises ‘colonial’ French agency, media over Kanaky sexual violence allegations
Pacific Media Watch
A controversial report by a French metropolitan not-for-profit about sexual and sexist violence in France’s overseas territories — including Kanaky New Caledonia...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the “land problem”...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and impose new statute for New Caledonia
By Eleisha Foon
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing the 1998 Noumea Accord.
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