Gunfire Erupts at Army Camp in Ivorian Commercial Capital

  • Explosions heard as armed forces try to quash mutiny
  • Ivory Coast’s Eurobond yields rise, cocoa prices jump

Mutinous soldiers patrol in the streets of Bouake, Ivory Coast, on May 14, 2017.

Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images
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Gunfire erupted at a key military camp in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, and its second-biggest city of Bouake as a rebellion over unpaid bonuses entered a fourth day. The West African nation, which wants to issue a Eurobond next monthBloomberg Terminal, saw yields on its existing securities jump.

Several explosions and sporadic shooting rocked Bouake, a transit hub that links Ivory Coast to its landlocked northern neighbors, from about 2:00 a.m., resident Siriki Koné said by phone Monday. In Abidjan, gunfire began at about 5:40 a.m. near the military barracks in Akouedo, according to Joseph Kouadio, who lives in the area.