World’s longest serving president sworn for sixth term
Published on December 9, 2022 at 12:12 PM by Flora Mitumba
The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth term in office.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is 80, took the presidential oath before inspecting a military parade.
He declared he was and always would be the leader of all Equatorial Guineans.
He first seized power in a coup in 1979.
Critics say elections since then have been rigged
-BBC Africa-
