Heavy gunfire has erupted in Ivory Coast’s two biggest cities, as a mutiny in the army enters its fourth day. The mutineers blocked roads outside a barracks in an affluent neighbourhood of Abidjan, the commercial capital, a BBC reporter in the city says. Troops loyal to the government are heading for the second city, Bouaké, … Read more
Defiant soldiers blocked access to Ivory Coast’s second-largest city on Saturday after firing guns into the air throughout the night, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Rebellious soldiers had already taken to the streets Friday in Bouake, the economic capital of Abidjan and another city demanding pay increases. The city of Bouake was … Read more
Disgruntled Ivorian soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and two other cities on Friday, firing angrily into the air a day after publicly apologising for a string of recent uprisings. Rebellious troops surrounded the military’s headquarters in Abidjan after a spokesman for the protesters publicly apologised to the president for a January mutiny which … Read more
Sporadic gunfire rang out overnight in a military barracks in Ivory Coast’s second city of Bouake, where a mutiny erupted in January, an AFP journalist said Friday. The shots were heard just hours after national television broadcast a ceremony in which a soldier presented as a spokesman for 8,400 former rebels, many of them based … Read more
Ivory Coast’s government has struck an agreement with mutinous soldiers, shortly after talks were interrupted by gunfire. Shots were heard in the second-largest city, Bouake, late on Friday, and at the army barracks in the commercial capital, Abidjan, sparking fears that negotiations were failing. The two sides met for hours in Bouake before reaching a … Read more
Heavy gunfire broke out in Ivory Coast’s second-largest city, Bouake, late on Friday, as tensions flared following last week’s army mutiny. Shots were also heard at the main army barracks in the commercial capital, Abidjan. The government is currently holding talks with military leaders after a pay dispute led to a two-day uprising. A rebellion … Read more
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets – a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister. The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now … Read more
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets – a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister. The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now … Read more
Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have released the country’s defence minister after detaining him for two hours in a standoff over pay. Alain Richard Donwahi was held in the city of Bouake by troops who rejected the terms of a deal announced by President Alassane Ouattara. Mr Ouattara said he had taken into account demands … Read more
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied. He said he had taken into account their demands over pay and conditions and asked troops to return to barracks. But some soldiers then besieged the defence minister in the city of Bouake, although they later let him … Read more
The commercial capital of Ivory Coast has been hit by gunfire, a local resident and a soldier have confirmed to Reuters. The gunfire was heard at a military base known as “old Akouedo.” Reuters quotes a soldier as saying, “Shooting has started in our camp too,” the particular camp is located in a residential section … Read more
Soldiers launched mutinies in three cities across Ivory Coast on Friday, authorities said, demanding higher pay and bringing the threat of unrest back to Africa’s fastest-growing economy. Gunfire rang out across Bouake, the second-largest city in this West African nation, starting around 1 a.m., according to residents. Similar mutinies erupted later in Daloa, in the … Read more