| Updated Wed, April 19th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma PHOTO:COURTESYThe tendency to hang onto power despite constitutional time limits remains a problem in Africa. In Uganda, for instance, President Yoweri Museveni changed his country's constitution to stay much longer in power. In Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma whose second term is nearing its end in line with the country's constitution, is set to stay on longer going by current indications. Sierra Leone is a country that has experienced the ravages of war from which it has not yet recovered yet the stage is again being set for friction. In the interest of peace in Sierra Leone and the larger African continent, the presidential term limit should be observed.

Source: Standard Digital April 18, 2017 15:33 UTC