This file picture taken on November 14, 2013 outside Lilongwe's High Court shows Malawi's Democratic Progressive Party President and winner of the presidential election Peter Mutharika (C), as he waves to his supporters.
Former foreign minister Peter Mutharika was sworn in as the new president of Malawi on Saturday after the election commission declared him the winner of the disputed polls.
Mutharika, the brother of president Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office in 2012, urged the 11 other former presidential candidates to "join me in rebuilding the country" after some of them had contested the results.
He took the oath of office with Vice President Saulos Chilima before a chief justice.