Rioting broke out over a bill adopted by the #FrenchParliament in #Paris on Tuesday that will let non-Caledonian French who have lived in #NewCaledonia for 10 years vote in #ProvincialElections – a move some local leaders say will dilute the indigenous #Kanak vote.
#France’s government says it has no doubt that #Azerbaijan is stirring tensions in #NewCaledonia, despite the vast geographical and cultural distance between the Caspian country and the French Pacific territory.