Recruits Demand Raises, Block Ivory Coast Roads
<i> Reuters</i>
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast —
Military recruits demanding a pay raise blocked the main road in Ivory Coast’s second largest city Friday in the third such protest this week, a military source said. No immediate action was taken to dislodge the protesters from the road in Bouake, 240 miles north of the principal city of Abidjan.
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