PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia , the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence.
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence.
There have been decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks who seek independence for the archipelago of 270,000 people, and descendants of colonizers and colonists who want to remain part of France. Paris last Wednesday declared a 12-day minimum state of emergency on the island and rushed in 1,000 reinforcements to bolster security forces that lost control of parts of the capital, Nouméa.
The Associated Press could not reach those behind the unrest or from Kanak representatives, some of whom have called for calm.
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