‘We will fight until Kanaky is free’: how New Caledonia caught fire

The frustration that erupted into deadly violence in the French territory last week has been building for yearsIn the middle of the main road in Rivière-Salée, north of Nouméa, sits a burnt-out car. After days of rioting, young men with masked faces wave a Kanak flag as vehicles pass. All around is desolation. Shops with gutted fronts, burnt buildings, debris on the pavements and roads. Gangs of young people roam the area.The violence that erupted last week is the worst in N