In Sierra Leone, voters took to the polls to choose a new president over the weekend amid a catastrophic economic crisis and spiraling living costs. Current President Julius Maada Bio and his main opponent, Samura Kamara, have both claimed victory, though official results have yet to be released. Violent clashes erupted following the election, with police firing tear gas at supporters of the All People’s Congress opposition party as they awaited election results outside the party’s headquarters in the capital Freetown. One woman was severely wounded by the crackdown. A party representative spoke to reporters as heavily armed soldiers forced people from the building.

Sidi Yaya Tunis: “We were just here on a press conference. And then, the next thing we knew, we started hearing firing, and our whole office is surrounded by police and army. All of the vehicles around have been damaged, including that belonging to our presidential candidate. He is also upstairs. We were all tear-gassed, live bullets shot.”