![Mutinous soldiers in Bouake said they will not lay down arms until bonus payments are handed out [Issouf Sanogo/AFP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vEv8cVYTXVCiyQAXBBzhMkD2OAMpj4HDeGiG6xKijR44218uv-vt64Iyw6y1od5hAuM0LKXV0rHxWsKWB0Xi24F7LDzEQRWWLDowjKvTHelGj7vQdgvvG3-wCbzaqhFsewX5lpjyfpYONhAonO2Q-QT6P2pINX7bTXVQY-sBm-dBqdsVyHaOc3nHbY5UCPzpt_SExEo4fQY4f-xQ=s0-d)
Their first uprising ended in January; now disgruntled soldiers are staging another mutiny in Ivory Coast for the same reason.
On Sunday, the government reportedly gave the mutineers an ultimatum: to drop their demand for unpaid bonuses or order would be quickly restored.
Just 24 hours later, heavy gunfire was being heard in the two largest cities, Abidjan and Bouake.
Pro-government protesters demanding an end to the chaos have been shot.
So what will it take to end this uprising?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Alex Vines, Head of the Africa Programme, Chatham House
Abdon Bayeto, Adviser to Laurent Gbagbo, former Ivorian president
Adrienne Klasa, Editor of the Financial Times publication This is Africa
![Disgruntled soldiers, firing guns in the air, surrounded the military headquarters in the economic capital of Abidjan [Issouf Sanogo/AFP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_syoPlXidP6lf7qP81T4LN1Sk0Dt-AVPHIsoQ69l6CHpchPeRzrAQcRnJ-AoKoq3oDvJ0tOt9VNn5s5Y1C447Maq2BWBkCi9liv5lvhpO5nmzx8d4XjZgAktzcLAnrub7i__gUhSSOMXbfpCpbuYzFA3flHfjmXVnXzfrhtckm-YTVktKc_Yj17AviEurYhFBuQXC1owhrg_foefQ=s0-d)
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