Government officials in Martinique say protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters during a fresh ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters torched cars and attacked police in a new night of trouble on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local government said on Tuesday, as violent demonstrations ...

The demonstrations, which started in September, have endured despite curfew measures with groups complaining that living standards are well below those of mainland ...

Protesters picked up arms in the ongoing cost-of-living protests in the French colonial holding of Martinique on Wednesday, ...

Protests against rising living costs on the French Caribbean island of Martinique led to looting and vandalism as unrest ...

About 80% of food is imported from mainland France, so the 360,000 people who live in Martinique have to pay about €7.80 ...

Protests continue to destabilize the French Caribbean island of Martinique as locals clash with police over high living costs ...

Martinique still maintains a neo-colonial French status. It was first known as an Overseas Department and now as an Island Region.

Protesters defied curfews and clashed with police on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight into Friday morning, officials there said, more than a month since demonstrations erupted over ...

Looters ransacked shops overnight on the French Caribbean island of Martinique as violent protests against rising living costs showed little sign of abating despite the imposition of a curfew.