Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving leader, having been in power since the 1979 coup that overthrew his uncle, former President Francisco Macías Nguema. Though Macías was internationally recognized as a ruthless dictator who oppressed, tortured, and committed mass atrocities against his own people, the three-decade long rule of Obiang has not been seen as a progressive change for Equatorial Guinea. Despite mass oil wealth, the majority of the country’s residents live on less that $2 per day, and corruption and repressive tactics are commonplace in Obiang’s government. Read on for an inside look at Equatorial Guinea’s leader, President Obiang.
Sources: Presidencia-GE.net, BBC.com, “Der Spiegel,” The Ottawa Citizen, Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil, NewInt.org, AfricanDiasporaTourism.com, Transparency.org, The Guardian, Forbes.com, Web.Archive.org, HRW.org
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