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New Caledonia: historic win for pro-independence candidate in French elections

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New Caledonia has elected a pro-independence Indigenous Kanak candidate to France ’s parliament for the first time in decades .

Emmanuel Tjibaou won out over a loyalist candidate in the second round of voting.

The election comes weeks after deadly violence flared in the capital, Nouméa , over plans from Paris over voting changes.

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