The Iroquois have been rivals of New France for much of the last 80 years. They consider the French system of alliances a potent threat to their security and their territory. In New France ...

Traditional songs and dances welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron when he arrived this week on the Indian Ocean ...

Spain’s King Charles IV finally got around to signing the royal decree officially transferring the territory to France, and on October 16, the Spanish administrator in New Orleans, Juan Ventura ...

Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’ powers to ...

France took possession of the tropical archipelago ... Declared a French Overseas Territory in 1946, New Caledonia is one of 13 such overseas territories -- the so-called “confetti of the ...

New Caledonia lies some 1,200km east of Australia and 20,000km from Paris. Under French colonial rule the Kanaks were confined to reserves and excluded from much of the island’s economy.

Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’ powers to ...