Africa's Longest-Serving President Set to
Extend 37-Year Rule
Sarah McGregor, April 24-2016
- -Guinea's Obiang faces six opponents on Sunday
- -Obiang captured 95% of vote in last presidential election
(El petróleo es solo para la familia Obiang, dijo Moto desde Madrid. "Nadie puede ganar estas elecciones, que han sido organizadas para ganarlas por Obiang, antes, durante y después")
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang, Africa’s longest-serving leader, is poised to extend his almost 37-year rule over the oil-rich nation in elections on Sunday that the opposition and observers say won’t be free.
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang, Africa’s longest-serving leader, is poised to extend his almost 37-year rule over the oil-rich nation in elections on Sunday that the opposition and observers say won’t be free.
Obiang, 73, will probably win by a landslide because he controls every aspect of the government and society, said John Bennett, the former U.S. ambassador to the West African nation from 1991 to 1994. Obiang captured more than 95 percent of the votes in the last election in 2009. He faces six opponents.