Mali Swears in Interim President

Parliamentary head Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president at a ceremony in Bamako, Mali, April 12, 2012. (AP)

Malian Interim President Dioncounda Traore, center left, is congratulated by coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo after being sworn in. (AP)

Mali's Interim President Dioncounda Traore, second from right, stands facing a Malian army flag during his swearing in ceremony. (AP)

People from Mali's north chant during a rally in Bamako in opposition to a partitioned nation, April 10, 2012. (AP)

Coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo, center, stands with Mali's parliamentary head Dioncounda Traore, right, at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali, April 9, 2012. (AP)

People rally to protest the military coup and call for a return to constitutional order, in Bamako, Mali, March 29, 2012. (AP)

A woman talks with forces providing security for a march in support of the military coup, in Bamako, Mali, March 28, 2012. (AP)

Traffic makes its way in a market area as residents return to work and resume their daily activities, almost a week after the military coup, Bamako, Mali, March 27, 2012. (AP)

Mali has sworn in an interim president tasked with organizing new elections and fighting Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants.