Ivory Coast has closed land, air and sea borders with neighboring Ghana, after an attack on Ivorian military headquarters left at least four people dead.

"Armed elements from Ghana carried out the strike in the border town of Noe,” said Ivorian Defense Minister Paul Koffi Koffi in a statement on Saturday.

Earlier on Friday, an attack took place in the town of Noe, near the border with Ghana, where army troops killed at least four assailants.

“Our positions in Noe were attacked by gunmen coming from Ghana…In reaction, our men killed four attackers and five of them were arrested. The situation is now under control,” said Army spokesman, Cherif Moussa hours after the attack.

In response to closure of the nearly 700-kilometer (450-mile) border, Ghanaian Interior Minister Kobby Acheampong has issued a statement saying that “The collaboration [with neighboring Ivory Coast to resolve security issues] is ongoing at the highest levels of government…. We view this as a serious situation. We do not believe it is acceptable for any violence to be perpetrated against the people of Ivory Coast”.

Meanwhile, similar attacks on military bases and police stations in Ivory Coast have been reported earlier in the month.

Ivory Coast, which is the world's top cocoa producer, was engulfed in chaos after Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede defeat in the November 2010 presidential election and hung onto power until being driven out by supporters of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in April 2011.
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