A still image from video that shows soldiers standing at a checkpoint in Bouake, Ivory Coast January 6, 2017. REUTERS/via Reuters TV
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Disgruntled soldiers demanding salary increases and the payment of bonuses seized control of Ivory Coast's second-largest city, Bouake, on Friday, according to the defence minister.
Ivory Coast - French-speaking West Africa's largest economy - has emerged from a 2002-2011 political crisis as one of the continent's rising economic stars.
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