Protests broke out in Ivory Coast’s capital, Abidjan over an ongoing teachers’ strike which has led schools to shut down.
Veteran soldiers joined students to protest the closure of schools, they barricaded a major northbound highway as fishermen blocked another major road blocking access to the east of the country, the AFP news agency reports.
Most of the schools in the city remained closed as teachers took part in the two-week long strike aiming to push for better pay and pensions.
Student leader Amadou Soto said some students supported the teachers’ demands.
“We urge our government to settle the teachers’ demands so our classes can restart,” AFP quoted him as saying.
The strike comes days after the government quelled protests by soldiers who were pushing for better housing.
Civil servants and firefighters are also on strike in the country.
Source: BBC Africa
