{"id":283348,"date":"2017-01-10T05:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T05:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283348"},"modified":"2017-01-10T05:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T05:55:53","slug":"president-ouattara-dismisses-security-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/president-ouattara-dismisses-security-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ouattara dismisses security chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dismissed the heads of the army, police and paramilitary gendarmes following a two-day army mutiny that paralysed the country.<\/p>\n
Disgruntled soldiers mutinied in the city of Bouake on Friday, with troops in other cities joining the uprising.<\/p>\n
Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi was also briefly seized by mutineers after he went to Bouake to negotiate.<\/p>\n
The mutiny, over pay, ended when Mr Ouattara agreed to demands.<\/p>\n
A statement from the president’s office on Monday said army chief Gen Soumaila Bakayoko, gendarmerie commander Gervais Kouassi, and director-general of the police Bredou M’Bia had been relieved of command with immediate effect.<\/p>\n
The statement did not mention the reason for their removal.<\/p>\n
The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocket-launchers.<\/p>\n
Protests also took place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo and on Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan.<\/p>\n
President Ouattara went on national television on Saturday night to announce a deal had been struck.<\/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.<\/p>\n
Aside from better pay, the agreement was reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers.<\/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
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dismissed the heads of the army, police and paramilitary gendarmes following a two-day army mutiny that paralysed the country. Disgruntled soldiers mutinied in the city of Bouake on Friday, with troops in other cities joining the uprising. Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi was also briefly seized by mutineers after he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[2752,2753,2754],"yoast_head":"\n