Fresh attack on Abidjan army base kills six

A raid on an army base in Abidjan left at least six dead yesterday, in the latest of a string of attacks targeting the military in the Ivory Coast economic capital.
President Alassane Ouattara has struggled to stabilise a country still awash with weapons and demobbed fighters, more than a year after the end of a deadly post-election crisis.
A firefight broke out at dawn around the Akouedo military camp in Abidjan's Cocody neighbourhood, according to residents and officials who were unable to identify the attackers.
"Several armed men attacked the Akouedo camp, breaking in before heading for the powder magazine," an official in Ivory Coast's military command said.