FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commission says a former vice president and former minister have been arrested as the West African nation’s new leader takes aim at graft.

Commission spokesman Abubakarr Turay says former Vice President Victor Foh and former ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Amnesty International is calling on Sierra Leone’s new government to end police crackdowns on peaceful protesters and improve human rights.

In a new report, the rights group says nine protesters have been killed and more than 80 injured in peaceful demonstrations over ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Members of Sierra Leone’s All People’s Congress party have walked out of parliament after police escorted at least 15 of their colleagues from the chamber for disrupting proceedings.

Sierra Leone’s newly elected lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday.

The new ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A member of the losing political party has filed a legal challenge to Sierra Leone’s presidential election, claiming irregularities and asking for a fresh vote.

Sylvia Olayinka Blyden’s petition asks the Supreme Court to nullify the results of the election in ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s opposition presidential candidate warned Sunday that his party will not accept delaying Tuesday’s runoff vote after the High Court granted an interim injunction he called a delay tactic by the ruling party.

In a press conference televised live ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Election officials in Sierra Leone say balloting to choose the country’s next president is heading to a second round in two weeks.

Samura Kamara, outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma’s pick as successor, will face off against Julius Maada Bio, who lost to ...