Image via Wikipedia
There had been confusion about Mr Gbagbo’s whereabouts, with the UN retracting an earlier claim that he had been moved out of Abidjan.
Immediately after his arrest Mr Gbagbo had been taken with his wife Simone to Mr Ouattara’s headquarters at Abidjan’s Golf Hotel.
Mr Ouattara has promised that Mr Gbagbo will not be harmed, but rather "treated with dignity".
He has appealed for calm, and announced that a truth and reconciliation commission will be set up to "shed light on all the massacres, crimes, and all cases of human rights violation".
Both sides have been accused of atrocities.
Troops loyal to Mr Ouattara also began patrolling the streets of the southern city on Tuesday in an attempt to restore order. Despite their presence, sporadic gun and mortar fire was heard.
International human rights group Amnesty International warned that those seen as supporters of Mr Gbagbo were at risk of violent reprisals, despite Mr Ouattara appeals.
"Today in Abidjan, armed men, some wearing military uniforms, have been conducting house-to-house searches in neighbourhoods where real or perceived supporters of Laurent Gbagbo are living," the group said.
It quoted one witness saying he had seen a policeman belonging to Mr Gbagbo’s ethnic group being dragged from his house and shot at point blank range.
Until a 2002 rebellion split the country in two, Ivory Coast – the world’s largest cocoa producer – was the most developed economy in West Africa.
Zemanta's Lovely Test Blog 