Unverified Reports about a Military Coup in Ivory Coast. Days before it was reported, that the US wants to organise a US-drone-base in CDI. We try to get out,if there was a coup & if it was successful

Rumours were rife in Cote d’ Ivoire on Wednesday about unconfirmed reports of a military coup amid high political tensions that have engulfed the West African country.

Social media reports sparked alarm with claims of alleged significant violence and internet disruptions, fuelling speculations that President Alassane Ouattara had either been captured and killed by the coupists or he had fled the county.

Over 33 deaths were reported between May 19 and 20 amid a media blackout and widespread unrest that could escalate into civil war. Despite the huge concern about the coup, all the major channels have not reported news about the coup at the time of filing this report on Wednesday night.

At the time of filing this report, the Ivorian embassy in Abuja was yet to react to the rumour but an Ivorian source from the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, who does not want his name in print, dismissed the rumoured coup as “fake news.”