At the end of the 20th century, many African countries adopted presidential term limits aspart (sic) of a broader set of constitutional rules that accompanied the transition from personal and authoritarian rule to pluralistic modes of governance. 
Mwishoni mwa karne ya 20 , nchi nyingi za Afrika ziliweka ukomo wa mihula ya urais kama sehemu ya sheria pana za kikatiba zilizoenda sambamba na mabadiliko kutoka kwenye utawala binafsi na wa kiimla kwenda kwenye mfumo wa utawala unaoheshimu matakwa ya walio wengi.