Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Seeks Re-Election After 43-Year Rule | The Conversation
The world's longest-standing leader, President #TeodoroObiang of Equatorial Guinea, will run for office again in November elections, his party announced on Friday, likely extending a 43-year tenure that began when he snatched power in a 1979 coup. The rule of Obiang’s administration has been marked by torture of political opponents, sham elections, and corruption, rights groups and foreign powers say. But Obiang denies such charges.
Under him, the country has become increasingly reclusive and reliant on oil and gas, which provides about three quarters of state revenues. Another term will bring fresh challenges. The economy was knocked back by COVID-19 and a drop in oil prices, although the Ukraine war and The PDGE was the country's single legal political movement until 1991, when multi-party politics were introduced. But Obiang himself has never officially been re-elected with less than 93 percent of the votes.
On this episode of #TheConversation, we discussed the feasibility of someone else taking the country to the next level.
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Gbenga Aborowa
Rita Omodia
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Adulateef Ahmed - Head, Research and Monitoring Desk, News Central TV
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