A building belonging to Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was reportedly set alight by demonstrators who called for the prime minister’s resignation, as unrest in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara continued for the third day. Honiara has been hit by civil unrest since Nov. 24, which has since spiralled out of control of the local police, with looting and burning of shops in the Chinatown district. Rioters had targeted one of Sogavare’s buildings and set it on fire, resulting in police firing tear gas and warning shots to disperse the crowd. The building set alight is not the prime minister’s main residence, but a second home that had previously been rented out. The violent protest in Honiara stemmed from the government’s decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing, which strained relations between the traditionally pro-Taiwan Malaita province and the central government. Sogavare said he stood …