How the Nguema Dynasty of Equatorial Guinea Have Kept Power for Over 55 years!
For over 55 years since independence in October 1968, a single family has been in power in Equatorial Guinea without change. This is the Nguema Family of Equatorial Guinea. The world's longest-standing leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea has been in power for 44 years after he snatched power in a 1979 coup from his uncle Francisco Macias Nguema.
Equatorial Guinea enjoyed only 5 months of independence before it was tossed into a nightmare of a brutal dictatorship of Macias Nguema that lasted for eleven years….
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