Soldiers in Ivory Coast's second city Bouake fired their guns into the air on Friday to protest a deal over bonus payments that their colleagues made with the government in the commercial capital Abidjan, witnesses said.
The protest comes a day after a spokesman for the soldiers said after talks with the government that they would drop their demands for further bonus payments.
Ivory Coast soldiers shoot in air in Bouake over bonus pay dispute
Soldiers in Ivory Coast's second city Bouake fired their guns into the air on Friday to protest a deal over bonus payments that their colleagues made with the government in the commercial capital Abidjan, witnesses said.
The protest comes a day after a spokesman for the soldiers said after talks with the government that they would drop their demands for further bonus payments.
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