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Cote d’Ivorien president reacts to varsity students, police clashes

Cote d’Ivorien President Alassane Ouattara while arriving from the African Union Summit in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday evening, denounced clashes between the Felix Houphouet-Boigny ...
The scene of the clashes between the Felix Houphouet-Boigny university students and the police in Cote d’Ivoire

The scene of the clashes between the Felix Houphouet-Boigny university students and the police in Cote d’Ivoire

Cote d’Ivorien President Alassane Ouattara while arriving from the African Union Summit in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday evening, denounced clashes between the Felix Houphouet-Boigny university students and the police.

Many students and police officials were injured and property damaged when students, led by their union heads, protested against poor conditions on campus, the arrest of some students and police presence at the university in the Cote d’Ivorien economic capital, Abidjan.

President Ouattara said at the airport in Abidjan that the government would find measures to address the students’ concerns by yesterday to bring peace to the university.

The students were striking for a week for academic demands and tried holding a rally on campus when they were dispersed by the police.

“We were informed of student demonstrations. The government, next Wednesday will announce measures to maintain peace in the university so that students can work and study in the best conditions,” Ouattara assured.

Two cars were reportedly burned, seven damaged and several windows on the campus were shattered as students threw stones at the police who also fired tear gas.

Scores of students have been arrested including a leader of the FESCI since the clashes started infuriating the angry students.

“The students were striking for a week for academic demands and they tried holding a rally on campus when they were dispersed by the police,” Saint Clair Allah, secretary general of the students’ union told AFP.

A spokesman of the Cote d’Ivorien Ministry of Interior said the police have been stationed permanently on campus.

Calm has, however, returned on the campus.

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