Soldiers in Cote D’ivoire have on Tuesday accepted a new government offer to end a mutiny that has gripped the world’s biggest cocoa producer for four days.
Since Friday, soldiers have been shooting inside their barracks, spilling onto the streets, setting up road blocks and terrifying residents in major cities around the country.
The former rebels, now embedded in the army and who fought for years to get President Alassane Ouattara to power, were angry at the scrapping of a deal to give them back pay and bonuses.
The government tabled a new deal last night, which they rejected. But on Tuesday the government finally gave in, giving them exactly what they wanted which is around $8,000 each and then another $3,000 by the end of June.
