location: Abidjan
notes: A ceremony of awareness for ex-combatants was blocked by soldiers of the General Establishment of Services military base was blocked by people with machine guns who erected a barricade around both entrances to the base. A soldier from the base who tried to intervene was relived of his weapon, beaten and stripped by the people at the barricades. The situation was resolved peacefully however.
target_text: location: Abidjan, fatalities: 0