Hadi sworn in as Yemen president

Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi has been sworn in as Yemen’s new president, replacing Ali Abdullah Saleh who ruled the country for 33 years before leaving office in a power transfer deal aimed at ending more than a year of political turmoil.

Mr Hadi, who was Mr Saleh’s vice president, was formally inaugurated in the country’s parliament today following a single-candidate presidential election earlier in the week.