Ivory Coast President sworn in for new term

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been sworn in for a new term, defying an international outcry over last Sunday’s run-off poll.



The US, UN and France say the election was won by Gbagbo’s rival opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara.



He was declared the winner by the nation's electoral body, but this was overturned by the Constitutional Council in favour of Gbagbo.



Ouattara is also planning to hold his own swearing-in ceremony.



The presidential run-off was intended to reunify the world's largest cocoa producer after a civil war in 2002, but could now leave the nation with two rival presidents.