New Caledonia faces deepening debt crisis as ‘economy has totally crashed’
Gaetan Babout moved to New Caledonia 14 years ago, seeking a quieter life in the South Pacific territory that shares his mother tongue. But when deadly riots sparked by proposed voting reforms engulfed Nouméa in 2024, Mr Babout, who is from France originally, found himself on the front line of…
bubmagSeptember 7, 2026