Clashes continued across Noumea and other cities in New Caledonia, with protests and other demonstrations happening at several locations across the islands. Clashes also occurred at the Plum/Yaté junction, with other blockades occurring across the islands.
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Protests continued in Noumea and other parts of New Caledonia against the sale of nickel mines to a Brazilian megacorporation, with French loyalists breaking the headlines. A blockade was set up of the Païta road in a suburb of Noumea, with vigilantes guarding it with hunting rifles and waving the French flag, raising many concerns about civil war.
Indigenous Kanakans gathered at a southern nickel factory owned by the Vale megacorporation based in Brazil, which the French government is working with to buy most mines. Multiple clashes ensued, with roads being blockaded and police opening fire with rubber bullets on the protesters organized under the Socialist Kanak Liberation Front. Indigenous Kanakans gathered at a southern nickel factory owned […]
Clashes have ensued across New Caledonia between French settlers and the indigenous Kanak people, organizing under the Socialist Kanak Liberation Front for total independence of the island from colonial rule. Barricades and French cars have been burnt across the islands, with Noumea being the site of significant clashes between indigenous youth and riot police. Many fear a civil war impending, […]