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Why is there unrest in New Caledonia? Everything you need to know
Deadly riots spiralled into wider crisis over over constitutional voting changes to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territory
- People in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the unrest?
- ‘We will fight until Kanaky is free’: how New Caledonia caught fire
Deadly violence has paralysed New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the South Pacific, for more than a week after lawmakers in Paris approved a constitutional amendment to allow recent arrivals to the territory to vote in provincial elections.
The amendment, which some local leaders fear will dilute the vote of the Indigenous Kanak people, is the latest flashpoint in a decades-long tussle over France’s role in the island.
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