Equatorial Guinea's Obiang eyes sixth term after 43 years in power

President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  AFP

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  • Obiang, 80, seized power in August 1979, toppling his uncle, Francisco Macias Ngueme, who was then executed by firing squad.

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