09:36 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAlassane Ouattara has been formally inaugurated as Ivory Coast’s president.<\/p>\n
The ceremony in Yamoussoukro aimed to draw a line under six months of bloody unrest.<\/p>\n
Fighting broke out after Mr Ouattara’s predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to admit defeat following last year’s presidential election.<\/p>\n
Mr Ouattara has promised to promote reconciliation in the country, where ethnic divisions are marked.<\/p>\n
The guest list included Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the former colonial power France, several African heads of state and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.<\/p>\n
Representatives from across the political spectrum were invited, including members of Mr Gbagbo’s party.<\/p>\n
Mr Ouattara took the oath of office two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Barbara Plett said the ceremony was designed to reinforce Mr Ouattara’s legitimacy as president after a violent power struggle with Mr Gbagbo, and to symbolise the beginning of a reconciliation process regarded as key to the country’s recovery.<\/p>\n
She adds that Mr Ouattara is keenly aware that he won only a little more than half the vote, and the presidential stand-off reignite festering ethnic tensions, with human rights groups accusing both sides of killings, rape and other crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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