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| Shooting breaks out at army camp in Ivory Coast's main city | | | ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Gunfire broke out at a military base in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, on Saturday, a soldier and a local resident said, as unrest triggered by soldiers demanding wage increases and bonuses appeared to spread. "Shooting has started in our camp too now," said a soldier at the base, known as "old Akouedo", which is located in a residential section of the city of nearly 5 million inhabitants. (Reporting by Ange Aboa; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Dale Hudson) |
| Gunfire erupts in western Ivory Coast city of Man - residents | | | ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Gunfire erupted in the city of Man in western Ivory Coast early on Saturday, residents said, though it was not immediately clear whether the shooting was related to a revolt by disgruntled soldiers that has struck at least five other cities and towns. "There's shooting right now. We have shut ourselves inside at home," resident Alphonse Yao told Reuters by telephone from Man. (Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Dale Hudson) |
| Heavy gunfire heard at military camps in Ivory Coast | |  By Ange Aboa YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) - Heavy gunfire was heard overnight and early on Saturday near military camps in two cities in Ivory Coast, where disgruntled soldiers launched revolts a day earlier over salaries and bonuses, residents and a soldier said. Shooting began at around 6 a.m. (0600 GMT) in Bouake, the West African nation's second-largest city of around half a million inhabitants. Ivory Coast - French-speaking West Africa's largest economy - has emerged from a 2002-11 political crisis as one of the continent's rising economic stars.
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| Investigators search for motive in Florida airport shooting | |  By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - Federal investigators will on Saturday pursue all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale's airport, killing five people. Authorities said they had taken decorated Iraq war veteran Esteban Santiago into custody following the shooting and questioned him at length. Piro said FBI investigators had not ruled out terrorism as a reason for the attack and were reviewing the suspect's recent movements.
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| Gunmen kill eight Hazara miners in Afghanistan | | | Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said. Faiz Mohammad Amiri, governor of Taleh va Barfak district, said the eight dead and three other wounded, who all came from Daykundi province in central Afghanistan, had been pulled out of a vehicle and shot on Friday. "The people working in this mine had our permission and we had good relations," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. |
| U.S. charges ex-Haiti coup leader with drug trafficking conspiracy | |  The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S. authorities, was charged on Friday in the United States with engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Guy Philippe, 48, faces a three-count indictment including conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money, and engaging in monetary transactions stemming from unlawful activity, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Philippe was ordered held without bond at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber in Miami, the Justice Department said.
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