Your current location:HOME >politics >Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia amid deadly unrest and indigenous frustration 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 23:43:02 Source: Internet compilationEdit:politics
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, t
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.
“He will go there tonight,” government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot said after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday where the president said he’d decided to make the more than 33,000-kilometer (20,000-mile) round trip himself to the archipelago east of Australia.
Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting and arson, raising new questions about Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
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.
Dali cargo ship is finally brought back to port2024-05-21 23:39
How the disappearance of two Kansas moms led to 4 arrests in Oklahoma2024-05-21 23:31
Cowboys add veteran Royce Freeman, but running back remains a position of need in the draft2024-05-21 23:18
People with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of electronic absentee ballots2024-05-21 23:14
Iran helicopter crash: President Raisi, the supreme leader's protege, dies at 632024-05-21 22:56
Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her2024-05-21 22:08
EU, G7 leaders urge preventing escalation in Mideast2024-05-21 21:30
Ryan Weathers strikes out a career2024-05-21 21:24
'Real life' Martha from Baby Reindeer's million2024-05-21 21:03
Jonathan Bailey linked to lead role in Jurassic World film directed by Gareth Edwards2024-05-21 20:58
Abbey Clancy, 38, shows off a new set of train track braces as she's left red2024-05-21 23:01
Cops charge 'ringleader' of brutal illegal dog2024-05-21 22:49
Rose Byrne looks unrecognisable with a bleached blonde beehive wig on set of latest movie Tow2024-05-21 22:41
Oregon State RB Damien Martinez among players entering transfer portal as spring window opens2024-05-21 22:23
Jennifer Garner visits ex2024-05-21 22:04
Former shoemaker admits he had an illegal gambling operation in his Brooklyn shop2024-05-21 21:53
People are calling $700 AI gadget the worst piece of tech they've ever used2024-05-21 21:44
Kyle Connor scores twice as Jets edge Kraken 42024-05-21 21:30
Rays opening2024-05-21 21:25
Johnny Depp embraces co2024-05-21 21:22