Cote d'Ivoire: Ex-rebel uprising threatens disarmament process

Former rebels taking part in a demobilisation process in northern Cote d’Ivoire went on the rampage on 18 June in the former rebel stronghold Bouake, demanding that cash and benefits promised to them be expedited. “We did not have the intention to jeopardise the whole process. We still have every intention of integrating into normal civilian life.