New Caledonia

The French justice minister has announced another 13 positions will be created for the corrections service at New Caledonia's Camp Est jail.

New Caledonia's prosecutor has asked the appeal court to soften the sentence given to a former president Harold Martin.

A man who made death threats against a police officer has been jailed for two years in New Caledonia.

The family of a New Caledonian man shot dead by police has lodged a complaint for voluntary homicide.

The police commander in New Caledonia says police will now shoot back following about 30 incidents in recent weeks when police were attacked with gun fire.

Police in New Caledonia have appealed to the public to help arrest a man Ramon Noraro who is wanted in connection with the recent clashes near St Louis.

French authorities in New Caledonia say the main road near St Louis, south of Noumea, which had been blocked, is now open.

A meeting has been called in New Caledonia on Monday between the government and striking workers of the Koniambo nickel plant.

A demonstration in New Caledonia planned for Thursday has been called off because the French overseas minister decided to defer her visit to Noumea.

The French overseas minister has called off this week's trip to New Caledonia following the prime minister's decision to resign and run for president next year.

Police in New Caledonia say they have detained five people in connection with the recent clashes south of Noumea during which five police officers suffered gunshot injuries

The Koniambo nickel plant in New Caledonia is to get its second furnace rebuilt.

French Polynesia's independence leader Oscar Temaru has won the backing of a New Caledonian pro-independence party in his quest to stand in next year's French presidential election.

France's National Front says if its candidate Marine Le Pen wins the French presidency next year, she will respect New Caledonia's planned independence referendum.

Police in New Caledonia have briefly closed the main road south of Noumea as part of an operation in the St Louis area.

New Caledonia's international airline says it will replace its four aircraft with four new ones.

New Caledonia's criminal court has given jail sentences to three men who assaulted police officers in Noumea in September.

Torrential rain in New Caledonia has forced about 200 people along the main island's east coast to move to emergency accommodation.