Ivory Coast's military says it has launched an operation to restore order after three consecutive days of protests by mutinous soldiers.

The soldiers took to the streets in several cities over a pay dispute and blocked off the second largest city, Bouaké, on Saturday. Announcing that a military operation was underway, armed forces' chief of staff General, Sékou Touré, said many of the mutinous soldiers had listened to earlier calls for them to stand down.
But he said that some soldiers were continuing to disobey orders, which is why the operation had been launched.