ABIDJAN (Reuters) - President of C?te of d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara promised Wednesday in quickly restoring security and prosperity of a nation broken by the civil war as life in the main city slowly returned to a normal spells.
In his first press conference since the arrest of his rival Laurent Gbagbo ended a power struggle which has sunk into total war, Ouattara has promised to bring to justice all those responsible for atrocities, including its own forces.
"I say to my fellow countrymen: in a few months, C?te d'Ivoire will come of this crisis." Trust me, "said Ouattara."
"We are still in a delicate situation." We still need to secure the country, including in Abidjan... I will do everything I can to ensure that all Ivorians, throughout the country, can live safely. ?
He said a new national army would be formed and urged militias and mercenaries to lay down their arms.
Everything is in place for the immediate resumption of exports of cocoa - the main employee income foreign - and branches of the regional Central Bank for months will likely reopen next week, allowing private banks to do the same, he said.
The ports of Abidjan and San Pedro should reopen this week.
Ouattara said that he would ask the International Criminal Court to investigate the massacres reported since the impasse with Gbagbo began after the last November elections, whose results certified by the United Nations showed that he earns, a result Gbagbo rejected.
Capture of Gbagbo by the troops of the Ouattara, aided by the French forces, in their former colony follows a civil war in which thousands were killed, more than a million uprooted and made of shining star West Africa former economy wrecked.
In Abidjan, the commercial capital, some gas stations reopened Wednesday, taxi communities were running and people ventured off safely in the streets despite the persistence of violence in some districts.
Running water and electricity cut off by 10 days of fierce fighting for control of the city once known as the Paris of Africa has been restored to most of the districts, said residents.
"Life gradually returned to normal, shops reopened and pharmacies," said Mariam Kone, in the southern Koumassi district.
"During the night, he is still shooting by those weapons." They are not happy at all that Gbagbo s gone. ?
CLEANING, DETAINING LOOTERS
In Cocody, a rich neighborhood where Gbagbo spent a week hidden in a bunker before being arrested, the Ouattara forces patrolled the streets and detaining looters.
The France Boulevard, in an area near the residence of Gbagbo attacked by French helicopters before his arrest, the local Red Cross workers collected bodies in the street.
Some bodies were so badly dismembered or broken shovels were to be used.
Arrest of Gbagbo Ouattara left as the leader of the major cocoa producer most, but analysts say he faces a huge task to stop the violence and the healing of deep wounds.
In a hand to its legitimacy, former army chiefs Gbagbo swore loyalty to Ouattara in a Tuesday ceremony where the words "forgiveness" and "reconciliation" have been repeated.
Ouattara, whose standing has been undermined by reports that its forces, and Gbagbo, killed hundreds of civilians in the West of the country, the ethnically divided, said that all crimes will be prosecuted.
He urged supporters to refrain from violence in retaliation and said soldiers caught looting could be returned to the army.
"There can be no reconciliation without justice," he said. "All Ivorians are equal before the law." We will fight impunity. ?
Some parts of Abidjan were always dangerous. In the pro-Gbagbo of Yopougon neighbourhood, gunfire was heard Wednesday.
"There is still much fire shooter and we do not know who made the shooting, said resident Stella Gogo.
"There are a few cars circulate and people walk the streets." Markets are open but food is very expensive. ?
Another resident, Justin Behan, said: "youth militias still have weapons." "Hear us shooting every day, so we are afraid to go out."
Banks were still closed, as was the Western Union money transfer service, and many residents have reported an acute shortage of money to buy food.
The European Union, the France and the World Bank have all financial aid pledge to rebuild the economy and repair the infrastructure badly damaged. US President Barack Obama called Ouattara to offer his support.
After its capture, Gbagbo was taken to the hotel of the golf course where Ouattara has his headquarters. Ambassador of the United Nations Colombia, who chairs the Council of safety of this month, said that Gbagbo has been moved to a location not disclosed in the North of the country.
Ouattara said he would be prosecuted along with his wife and his assistants, and that their rights and safety would be guaranteed.
Daughter of Gbagbo said however his parents and their associates had been detained illegally and said that she had asked five lawyers based in Paris to defend them.
(Additional reporting by Mark John Abidjan, written by Silvia Aloisi; editing by Richard Valdmanis and Tim Pearce)
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