The behaviors of soldiers demanding bonus payments has stoked security fears in Africa’s fastest growing economy.

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes following a two-day  mutiny by disgruntled soldiers demanding the payment of bonuses and wage increases.

The protesting troops  seized control of Bouake, the country’s second largest city, before colleagues in military camps in cities and towns across the country joined their mutiny.

Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned and dissolved the government.

He was expected to this after December’s presidential vote saw Ouattara winning a second consecutive time, maintaining his majority in the parliamentary polls.

The mutiny ended after he made a deal with the soldiers.

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