Half a world away from France, a city sometimes called "Paris in the Pacific" is counting the cost of violent unrest. Months of riots and blockades shook Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia ...

"A lot of people have lost jobs, businesses have been closed down, so there's a big financial burden for New Caledonia to rebuild the economy," he said. New Caledonian leaders had spent months ...

Amid a spiralling political crisis in Paris, the turmoil in the French Pacific colony of New Caledonia, following months of rioting, has seen the four-party pro-independence Front de Libération ...