Soldiers seized roads leading into the city of Korhogo in northern Ivory Coast late on Friday, a mutineer and a resident said, as disgruntled troops appeared to relaunch an army mutiny that paralysed much of the country last week. That’s why we are here.”This came after disgruntled soldiers reached an agreement with the government late on Friday resolving a dispute over bonus payments that had threatened to reignite a nationwide army mutiny, negotiators for the mutineers said. “We haven’t finished up, but that’s the most important thing.”The soldiers had appeared poised to relaunch their mutiny on Friday. Sporadic gunfire continued through the evening, and telephone networks appeared to have been shut down, hindering communications with the city. The minister and his delegation will go home without any problems,” said the soldier, who asked not to be named.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 15, 2017 21:51 UTC