“The night was mostly quiet right around ICA. Two vehicles parked down near the bridge at the bottom of the hill for a while and then one left to return up the hill towards ENSOA. About 11:30 a loud sound, similar to a mortar round being fired came from the area of the bridge about 150 meters from the school. Another similar sound came from beyond ICA towards Koussiblekro from the direction of the main road east. There were no secondary explosions or sounds of a projectile flying through the air. We assume these sounds were a signal between two groups of soldiers at these locations. There were no other sounds from them during the night. This morning at 6:15 the vehicle down by the bridge returned up the hill, with two people seated in the front, and we have seen no activity from that area. There continue to be sounds of shooting from the town and also from the area east of Bouake.The town electrical supply in this area was cut off around 10:30 PM so we started the generator. The generator is still running at this time and we will be evaluating what times and how long to run this during the day. There is adequate fuel for now. We have received no communications from official sources since early last evening and we have had no events that would lead us to call either. The staff and students will be getting up soon. No classes are scheduled for today as we wait to see what will happen.The Crisis Management Team will meet at 9 AM and evaluate reports from the people taking care of various aspects of the campus. People are taking this in stride and working well together.”
