New Caledonia riots

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I stand with the Macron administration against Kanak blood-and-soil ethnic supremacism.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

France accuses Azerbaijan of foamening riots in New Caledonia

"Speaking to POLITICO, a French intelligence official granted anonymity to discuss sensitive issues of national security, said that “we’ve detected activities from Russia and Azerbaijan in New Caledonia for weeks, even a few months. They’re pushing the narrative of France being a colonialist state.”"

"Azerbaijan has even founded the Baku Initiative Group, bringing together 14 political movements across the former French Empire in the name of decolonization. The group issued a statement Thursday in which they accused Paris of “infringing upon the Kanak people’s right to self-determination by expanding the electorate to keep them a minority in their own homeland.”"

This spinoff of Caucusus Wars: Fear and Loathing in Between the Black and Caspian has such crazy storylines.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Sorry if this is an obvious question, but why exactly would Azerbaijan get involved in Pacific politics?

Because it's mad at France for supporting Armenia.

Tit-for-tat, so it's called.