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Alassane Ouattara is sworn in as Ivory Coast’s president at the presidential palace in Abidjan.<\/p>\n

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • NEW:<\/strong> An international delegation of mediators visited Ivory Coast this week to encourage reconciliation<\/li>\n
  • NEW:<\/strong> A military operation was launched earlier this week to eliminate resistance to Ouattara<\/li>\n
  • Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in as president of Ivory Coast<\/li>\n
  • The country experienced a lengthy post-election crisis that claimed hundreds of lives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    (CNN)<\/strong> — Alassane Ouattara was sworn in Friday as president of Ivory Coast, ending a months-long political standoff.<\/p>\n

    Ouattara was sworn in by Paul Yao Ndre, the head of the country’s Constitutional Council. A number of members of the government, diplomats, representatives of the armed forces, and civil society leaders, among others, were also present during the ceremony in Abidjan.<\/p>\n

    The council recently declared Ouattara the winner of the hotly disputed presidential election, ending a lengthy post-electoral crisis that claimed hundreds of lives and paralyzed the country’s economy.<\/p>\n

    Ouattara follows former President Laurent Gbagbo, whose unwillingness to hand over power after the election resulted in a wave of violence.<\/p>\n

    A military operation was launched Monday by pro-Ouattara forces to crush the last pocket of resistance remaining after pro-Gbagbo militias turned down a call from Ouattara to disarm or face force.<\/p>\n

    The new violence erupted after a delegation of mediators led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan completed a two-day visit to Ivory Coast intended to encourage reconciliation and healing. Annan was joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland.<\/p>\n

    Gbagbo remains under house arrest in the country’s north.<\/p>\n

    Journalist Eric Agnero contributed to this report<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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