RTI said Lazare Koffi, the Youth and Employment Minister, who was joining Amichia in Bouake on the day of the mutiny, was held by rebels in the region of Katiola, between Bouake and Korhogo. He was also freed later in the day.

• RTI电视台说，在叛变爆发当天与艾米加同在布亚克的青年与就业部长柯费被叛军拘禁在布亚克与柯赫果间的卡迪欧拉，他也在今天稍晚获释。