Collapse of Overseas France in the Indian Ocean

Collapse of Overseas France in the Indian Ocean will be a series of conflicts and processes that will take place in the islands of Mayotte and Reunion with spillover in other small French islands in the region.

Islamic Uprising
Mayotte is a Comorian island that remained part of France after the rest of Comoros got independence. Even though it used to be the poorest French dependence, it was still better than Comoros that was really poor. However, as Comoros sided with Ling Chinaball, its infrastructure improved, many people from Mayotte who were migrants from Comoros (more than half of the population) started to demand it to reunite with the rest of the archipelago as they felt now they could do better alone.

In 2260, New French Republicball started to crackdown on so-called "Islamic extremism" and enforce secularism, jailing some muslim leaders, many people saw that as an excuse to persecute those who were critical of the French administration. This caused a series of riots, Sovereign Republic of Iranball was accused of being straining these riots and having bases in Comoros, Iran was also training muslim armed groups that the French called terrorists. At the end, the French stopped the reforms.

The situation had a lot to do with the new Cold War context, New NATOball wanted to use Mayotte as a military base in the Indian Ocean to plot against both the USSARball and Greater Madagascarball, who were allies of the Russian Greater SFSRball.

Situation during the French Post-split Wars
During the French Post-split Wars, the former New French Republicball had collapsed. Greater Madagascarball took this opportunity to siege French islands in the Indian Ocean such as the Scattered Islands with the help of the navy of the New Soviet Unionball. South Franceball officially claimed Mayotte and other dependencies as North Franceball showed no interest on it, considering them a cost.

In this context, Mayotte started to live a period of anarchy, with gangs taking control of it as there was no French government sending them money anymore. In face of it, New Soviet Unionball backed Greater Madagascarball to interfere in the island and bring order back as the French were busy with their bloody civil war. Greater Madagascarball together with Comoros defeated the gangs and took control of the island. Mayotte was then annexed by Comoros, but the Comorian government voted to be a part of Greater Madagascarball, supposedly under direction of the New Soviet Unionball. This was the end of French Mayotte.

Reunion
Reunion had developed a series of separatist and communist groups that got military support from Greater Madagascarball and the USSARball. Both the Russian Greater SFSRball and Ling Chinaball supported its claim for succession. The Reunionese movement of independence was closer to get it diplomatically than any other, though at the end it didn't happen as the French accused them of being connected with the communist armed groups and under the control of the Russians.

During the French Post-split Wars, South Franceball claimed Reunion together with the other dependencies, while North Franceball didn't care. Different from Mayotte, Reunion didn't collapse, it had a loyalist government that tried to maintain the order through paramilitaries, but it didn't have the direct help of the French government because of the civil war.

The communists then armed themselves one more time to try to overthrow the government but failed at first, they succeded later when they orchestrated a coup in partnership with Greater Madagascarball. Under the advises of the New Soviet Unionball they formed the Confederation of Mauritius and Reunionball.

After the end of the French Post-split Wars and the brief reunification of France, there were plans to retake Reunion through a loyalist coup. However, new tensions started between different political groups in the country and it culminated with France being invaded by the Reichtangle. After all of it, they didn't talk about this whole thing anymore.