The main opposition leader has promised to "paralyze" the country ahead of Daniel Chapo's swearing-in. The October 9 election results have been questioned by international observers.

Mozambique's new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results.

When Daniel Chapo is sworn in as Mozambique’s new president on Wednesday, he’ll take over as the leader of a nation shattered by months of protests that have claimed hundreds of lives and crippled the economy — and many people who don’t consider him legitimately elected.

President-elect Daniel Chapo is due to be sworn in on January 15, amid a disputed election and simmering violence in Mozambique. How can the new president unite the country?

When Daniel Chapo takes the oath of office Wednesday, the new Mozambican president will have to quickly find a way to quell deadly protests around the election, which his rivals say was stolen .

Streets in capital Maputo looked deserted with shops closed either in protest or fear of violence as Daniel Chapo begins 5-year term

Daniel Chapo, 48, was inaugurated on Wednesday, extending the Frelimo party's half-century of rule in Mozambique, despite weeks of deadly protests over the hotly disputed election results.