Schools have been shut and there is already a curfew in the capital
SYDNEY/PARIS - France will declare a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform.
"Since the start of the week, New Caledonia has been hit by violence of a rare intensity," said Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Rioting broke out over a new bill, adopted by lawmakers in Paris on Tuesday, that will allow French residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote in provincial elections - a move some local leaders fear will dilute the Kanak vote.
France annexed the island in 1853 and gave the colony the status of overseas territory in 1946. It has long been rocked by pro-independence movements.New Caledonia is the world's No 3 nickel miner and residents have been hit by a crisis in the sector, with one in five living under the poverty threshold.
The French government has said the change in voting rules was needed so elections would be democratic.
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