Regime Reaches Deal to End Troop Mutiny
The military regime reached a deal with mutinous soldiers to end a protest that paralyzed the Ivory Coast’s commercial capital and degenerated into a spree of looting and robbery. In a state television broadcast, soldiers and government officials in Abidjan said the dispute about housing perks had been resolved. Desire Paulin Dakoury, a spokesman for junta leader Gen. Robert Guei, said the government agreed to give lump-sum payments of $1,600 to each soldier to help them buy homes. The protesters had demanded $9,000 each.
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