| A still image from video of soldiers who have taken control of Bouake standing at a checkpoint in Bouake, Ivory Coast January 6, 2017. /REUTERS |
Soldiers demanding salary increases and the payment of bonuses were behind the seizure of Ivory Coast’s second-largest city of Bouake on Friday, the West African nation’s defence minister said.
“It is asked that all soldiers remain calm and return to barracks so that lasting solutions can be found,” a statement from Alain-Richard Donwahi read on state-owned television said.