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Not Only Mugabe; Here are the top 7 longest Serving Presidents in Africa 2017

 

1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (Equatorial Guinea) – in power for 38 years, Longest serving presidents

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President of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979. The man is 75 years old and shows no sign of letting go. Obiang staged a coup against the president, who happened to be his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema. He took over office, accuse his uncle of various crimes and sentenced him to death 101 times. The uncle was executed by firing squad. Ruling by an iron fist and frustrating opposition in a country that has remained a one party state, he continues to hold on to power.

He is now the first longest-serving non-royal national leader in the world.