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Major French operation to restore order in New Caledonia

Interior Minister Darmanin: A major operation involving more than 600 gendarmes, including about a hundred from the GIGN, is currently underway in New Caledonia to fully regain control of the 60 km main road between Nouméa and the airport. Courage and determination to our gendarmes to restore republican order.

#NewCaledonia #France #Uprising #Colonialism #uprising

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#France admits it’s lost control of parts of #NewCaledonia, the world’s third-largest producer of critical EV metal nickel

The French government is moving to regain full control of the Pacific territory of New Caledonia, High Commissioner Louis Le Franc said, as extra security forces arrive in the archipelago to end a week of violent protests by pro-independence groups.

Le Franc said new security deployments, after French President Emmanuel Macron’s government declared a state of emergency, would help reassert control following violence that left behind burned cars, torched stores and improvised barricades along roads.

PS. It's truly disgusting to see them refer to a country only based on their export./Farhad

#Colonialism #Politics #Uprising #Oceana

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/17/france-lost-control-new-caledonia-producer-critical-ev-metal-nickel/

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#France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of #NewCaledonia after clashes broke out between authorities and pro-independence protesters. At least four people have already been killed. Three of whom were Indigenous people, and the fourth was a French gendarme.

Protesters have been seen carrying heavy firearms, with reports of live rounds being fired at police.

Multiple buildings have been set on fire, and several supermarkets have been looted. White French residents have also formed armed groups to confront the Indigenous protesters.

Under the state of emergency, French authorities have imposed a curfew, banned #TikTok, closed schools, and placed restrictions on movement.

They have also deployed an additional 500 police officers, adding to the 1,800 police and gendarmes already on the island.

Protests erupted after French President Emmanuel #Macron introduced plans to reform New Caledonia’s electoral system, which would grant more French residents in the territory voting rights. Protesters believe this would unfavorably shift political representation in the country. The Pacific archipelago, home to the Indigenous #Kanak people, is rich in minerals and has been under French control since 1853.

#Colonialism #Politics #Economy #Uprising #Oceana

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Pro-independence riots have broken out in New Caledonia

As a colony the island is a retreat for French citizens
But with 'decolonization' only native Kanak people could vote, barring those arriving from France

Now Paris is empowering French residents to vote after only 10 years

The French Government is using it's army to quash indigenous locals who are rising up against the colonisers.

Authorities also decided to ban video app #TikTok, which the government during a bout of riots on France's mainland last summer said helped rioters organise and amplified the chaos, attracting troublemakers to the streets.

#France #Colonialism #Politics #NewCaledonia #Censorship #Oceana #Uprising

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So far, 11 police officers and 35 firefighters have been injured in the unrest in New Caledonia.

French President #Macron declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia

The situation in the archipelago escalates into an insurrection with numerous blockades, fires, looting and live fire after the adoption of the constitutional reform, which is condemned by the Kanak separatists as a re-colonization of the territory.

At least four people were killed, including a gendarme who was shot. The High Commissioner of the Republic fears a “civil war”.

#NewCaledonia #France #Colonialism