President Emmanuel Macron's plans to secure raw materials for the clean-energy transition in New Caledonia face resistance from local political movements. New Zealand and Australia are evacuating their citizens from the crisis-hit French territory amid violent unrest triggered by controversial electoral reforms. French troops are being deployed to New Caledonia after riots, with Macron visiting to ease tensions. The unrest has led to repatriation flights for stranded tourists and significant global impact on mineral supply chains.
#France's President Emmanuel Macron has landed in the Pacific island of #NewCaledonia, for a day of talks during which he will aim to turn the page on deadly riots triggered by a contested electoral reform. https://t.co/6zBMYAfiXt
New Caledonia hit by cyberattack ahead of Macron's arrival in restive territory https://t.co/Qy7Hy7MKuf
Protests in a far off French territory have an unusual geopolitical twist https://t.co/8GiJGSqf2h
Drone footage shows clashes and fires still burning in New Caledonia as President Emmanuel Macron flies there in a bid to calm tensions in the French overseas territory https://t.co/v4daXoTHol https://t.co/tSoLHI2xh4
NEW @artinthinks: disputes in far away Armenia and Azerbaijan have had effect on recent developments in New Caledonia, a French colony, thousands of miles away. https://t.co/8GiJGSpHcJ
‘In a mess’: Evacuees from New Caledonia tell of relief #globalrisk https://t.co/UeVlAGvqqn
Kanak demands for independence from France go back to the late 1800s. More on @EmmanuelMacron’s rush visit to New Caledonia via @ap: https://t.co/h7ViMAMhv1 https://t.co/HKQmKaVvcV https://t.co/XTL19hxca5
NEW @artinthinks Riots by indigenous Kanaks against the ruling French government in New Caledonia has drawn support from an unlikely source: https://t.co/8GiJGSqf2h
Drone footage filmed showed ongoing clashes between law enforcement and protesters in New Caledonia, ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s arrival in the French-controlled territory https://t.co/v4daXoTHol https://t.co/Y34FJD3eAh
Protesters and a thousand French police reinforcements are playing a “game of cat and mouse” in #NewCaledonia, an independence group says, ahead of the arrival of France’s President Emmanuel Macron after the worst riots in 40 years. https://t.co/bFO2I7rvWs
French security forces are fighting armed gangs in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia. Separatists financially backed by Azerbaijan have launched a rebellion against France there. https://t.co/PiwJEKYJEe
Tensions in New Caledonia boil over as PM Albanese cops backlash over 'hypocritical' support of the French government's action against the local indigenous population. MORE: https://t.co/DridoqM9Ke https://t.co/HU0Wa6beRA
Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed this morning French authorities would begin flights today to ensure any stranded tourists can safely leave the French Pacific territory. #9News https://t.co/CKb2Gk1zjr
New Caledonia riots: inequalities, lack of indigenous voice expose ‘failures’ of French democratic system 🇫🇷🇳🇨 https://t.co/5SeEVokV6v
'In a mess': Evacuees from New Caledonia tell of relief https://t.co/UhYlnokZPo
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit #NewCaledonia amid deadly unrest. https://t.co/MGhueznPbU
‘We’re really torn’: New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia https://t.co/3rPLBXbsId
🇫🇷🇳🇨⚡ French president Macron boarded his presidential plane, heading to New Caledonia. https://t.co/5HST8KyDBV
Violent riots in New Caledonia are having an outsized global impact on critical mineral supply chains, FP’s @Iyengarish reports. https://t.co/7skhLcs8mh
More than 100 Australians and other tourists stranded for up to a week in the violence in New Caledonia have been repatriated. https://t.co/ypBuxDDwtz
Japanese in New Caledonia to leave with support from Australia https://t.co/VevK1tD2eb
🇳🇨 Macron is hoping to ease tensions that have boiled over in the Pacific territory due to proposed voting reforms Find out more👇 https://t.co/N3iw4z7Kh0 https://t.co/vbgoaJpVm2
#FromTheSouth News Bits | The French government deployed 600 policemen in New Caledonia to restore access to the international airport, which has been inoperative for days due to protests by pro-independence sectors. https://t.co/dN5PAcVc5F
While Australia and New Zealand have begun sending flights to New Caledonia today to evacuate nationals, the French Air Force has been sending transports for nearly a week. Flight totals are: 🇫🇷: 14 between 10 different airframes 🇦🇺: 2 🇳🇿: 1 5 more French flights are on the way https://t.co/RqTld8rMkE https://t.co/qAc0cJXmM9
New Caledonia: Where is the French overseas territory "heading for civil war"? https://t.co/rWP6AENesX
❗️Part 1/2: How France manages the first outbreak of serious violence in New Caledonia in 40 years will affect not only its future role there but its acceptance as a Indo-Pacific, power. The violence of indigenous independence supporters, many of them very young, signals that…
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific overseas territory of #NewCaledonia, a government spokesperson says, after the island was rocked by several days of riots over a constitutional reform. https://t.co/BrHaBEp1Mj
Amid violent unrest in #NewCaledonia, the Australian and #NewZealand governments are evacuating their citizens. The violence has been triggered by controversial electoral reforms passed in #Paris. https://t.co/jytuPVKix7
France to deploy more troops to troubled Pacific territory of New Caledonia after worst unrest in more than 30 years https://t.co/TLIkei4fDO https://t.co/B06OYNs1u6
Tourists In Protest-Hit New Caledonia "Ecstatic" As Rescue Planes Arrive https://t.co/lPrg41pQU6
After #French lawmakers approved a law to give non-indigenous people in #NewCaledonia greater voting rights, riots erupted. Locals see it as a part of a French plan to grab their #nickel reserves. #Australia and #NewZealand are evacuating their citizens. https://t.co/0fTinOgBg0
A week of unrest in New Caledonia – in pictures https://t.co/I36lY31z0w
People in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the unrest? https://t.co/IIGOgArJXx
Two government-assisted flights have been cleared to repatriate Australians who have been trapped in New Caledonia for some days due to unrest in the French territory that has claimed six lives. https://t.co/m9MYOTMYsy
#BREAKING: Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed two Australian flights will bring stranded tourists home from New Caledonia today. #9News https://t.co/Pi7GvsAvfb
Two repatriation flights are set to leave New Caledonia today and the government is working on more, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says. https://t.co/XDfMAchkuf
#BREAKING: The federal government says it has received clearance to send two planes to New Caledonia to pick up stranded Australians. https://t.co/URoVoyGxui
#BREAKING New Zealand rescue plane to depart for New Caledonia in the "next hour" to pick up tourists stranded in the crisis-hit French territory https://t.co/nWqnxEApZr
President Emmanuel Macron's plans to put the remote territory of New Caledonia—and its massive reserves of nickel—at the center of France’s push to secure raw materials for the clean-energy transition are colliding with a hard-line local political movement https://t.co/poocnKMPDK