{A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed.}<\/p>\n
Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets – a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister.<\/p>\n
The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now quiet.<\/p>\n
A deal was struck between the mutinous soldiers and the government on Saturday, though details are scant.<\/p>\n
A correspondent for AFP news agency in Bouake said on Sunday that there had been no firing there since Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
“Traffic has resumed this morning and the shops have reopened.”<\/p>\n
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The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocket-launchers. On Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan.<\/p>\n
Protests also took place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo.<\/p>\n
President Alassane Ouattara went on national TV on Saturday night to announce a deal.<\/p>\n
“I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions,” he said. At the same time he criticised the rebellion.<\/p>\n
Aside from better pay, the agreement is reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers.<\/p>\n
Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi – who had gone to Bouake to negotiate with the protesters – was held for two hours there late on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The mutiny raised fears of a resurgence of the violence seen during Ivory Coast’s 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011.<\/p>\n
Some of the mutineers were thought to be former rebels who joined the army after the conflict.<\/p>\n
The rebels swept into Abidjan from Bouake in 2011, helping Mr Ouattara take power after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo – now on trial at the International Criminal Court – refused to accept defeat in elections the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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