A row over a proposed plan for Sierra Leone’s electoral system prompted a major brawl during the parliamentary session on Wednesday in the capital Freetown.
Video footage shows punches being exchanged amid raucous shouting.
A huge object, apparently the parliamentary mace, is hurled from one side of the chamber onto a group of MPs and then it was hurled back but this time it landed on the floor.
The commotion prompted the intervention of the security personnels, who threw out some of the MPs.
Members from the governing and opposition parties were pitted against each other over a plan to bring in proportional representation for next year’s local and general elections.
The proposals from the electoral commission require parliamentary approval.
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