Equatorial Guinea president to run again to extend 43-year rule

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

© APA | Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

# 24 September 2022 12:50 (UTC +04:00)

The world's longest-standing leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, will run for office again in November elections, his party announced on Friday, likely extending a 43-year tenure that began when he snatched power in a 1979 coup, APA reports citing Reuters.

The rule of Obiang, 80, has been marked by torture of political opponents, sham elections, and corruption, rights groups and foreign powers say. Obiang denies such charges.

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