24-04-2016 21:14 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Equatorial Guinea election expected to extend president's 37-year rule

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang is expected to extend his 37-year rule after elections on Sunday which he says will give him more than 90 percent of the vote. Obiang, Africa's longest-serving leader, has ruled the former Spanish colony since 1979 when he ousted his uncle in a military coup. Casting his ballot, 73-year-old Obiang said that those voting for him "were voting for the continued development of Equatorial Guinea".
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