Why are there concerns about peace in Sierra Leone’s elections?

This weekend eligible voters in Sierra Leone will be casting their ballots up and down the country to decide whether to re-elect President Maada Bio or elect a new president. President Bio’s main challenger is Samura Kamara from the opposition APC party once again. He came a very close second in 2018’s presidential election.

It’s an election which comes at a time when Sierra Leone has been dealing with economic challenges which have made life almost unbearable for so many there.

The campaign season has also been marred by a rising number of violent incidents and there are fears that tensions could boil over in this election.

So, for a look at the ins and outs of the election season, Alan Kasujja spoke to journalist Umaru Fofana in the capital, Freetown.