| | Obiang has been the President of Equatorial Guinea since August 3, 1979. He came into power after deposing his uncle on August 3, 1979 in a coup d'état. According to many domestic and international observers, Obiang now leads one of the most corrupt, ethnocentric, oppressive and anti-democratic states in the world. The opposition is severely hampered by the lack of a free press as a vehicle for their views. Obiang is now believed to be suffering from prostate cancer and there is no clear successor.
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