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Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's iron-fisted ruler
Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's iron-fisted ruler
by  AFP

Poised to win a sixth term in presidential elections on Sunday, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since August 1979, overseeing a regime notorious for crushing dissent and fearing coups. - Fear of coups - Obiang graduated from military school while the country, as Spanish Guinea, was still under the rule of Spain's fascist leader, General Francisco Franco.

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