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World’s longest-ruling leader holds vote to extend rule of tiny African state

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Dakar, SenegalReuters The world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, staged a vote on Sunday to extend his 43-year-rule of a tiny, authoritarian African state where once plentiful oil wealth has been in a rapid decline. “What you sow is what you reap,” said Obiang, 80, who has regularly won more than 90 […]