The French High Commission, which represents the state in the archipelago, released a statement detailing the extent of the violence: "The night was... marked by unrest throughout the mainland and on the island of Pins and Mare, requiring the intervention of numerous reinforcements: with attacks on the police, arson, and roadblocks."

The unrest has prompted a substantial deployment of security personnel, with an additional 1,000 reinforcements expected to bolster the existing 1,700-strong contingent

What began as simmering discontent over proposed electoral reforms has erupted into a full-blown crisis, claiming lives and igniting long-standing tensions between indigenous Kanak communities and descendants of European colonizers

PM Terrance Drew consoles the family of the three young victims of the incident that happened at St Peters.

Two Russians living in the country attacked a German girl. The Russians started teasing the woman while working in a restaurant. She was the subject of their crude conversation. The girl slapped the man after he irritated her by using foul language in defence