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Why protests broke out in New Caledonia

Why did riots break out in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia this month?

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes talks with Nicole George, an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at the University of Queensland in Australia, and Doriane Nonmoira, a member of the Mouvement pour un Souriant Village Melanesian (Women’s Movement for a Smiling Melanesian Village), an Indigenous group in New Caledonia.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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