Military sources and residents says they’ve seized control of the country’s second-largest city Bouaké.

Heavy gunfire was heard from early Friday in Bouaké – a city of around a half million inhabitants in the centre of the country.

Sporadic shooting continued into the late morning.

Military sources said demobilised soldiers – mainly former rebels from the decade-long conflict – broke into police stations across the city, looting weapons before taking up positions at entry points into the city.

A France 24 reporter says there’s sort of a standstill reportedly … between soldiers who have been demilitarised from the previous civil war that ended in 2011.

It appears they are demanding pay that they say they are owed.

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