President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea poses with his wife on the steps of the White House in August 2014, during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images.

The world's longest-serving president is seeking re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime marked by ...

Equatorial Guinea leader Obiang, 80, seeks to extend 43-year rule. Obiang, the world’s longest-standing president, wants to extend his 43-year rule in the oil-rich Central African nation.

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will seek to extend his 43-year rule of the tiny oil-rich central African nation in elections on Sunday, and there’s little doubt he ...

Equatorial Guinea ruling party wins 99% of votes in early results. Eighty-year-old President Teodoro Obiang, the world’s longest-ruling head of state, is seeking to extend his 43 years in office.

More than 95 per cent of Equatorial Guinea voters cast their ballots for Teodoro Obiang Nguema, whose party also won every seat in parliament, according to his son, the country's vice-president.

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who also heads the Economic Community of Central African States, urged Gabonese voters Monday to back their leader General Brice Oligui ...

Don Victor Mooney recently completed an impressive 1,000-kilometer cycling journey around Poland, undertaken as a heartfelt ...

President Obiang has a strong grip on the oil-rich central African nation, with several family members in key government roles. He seized power in 1979 from his uncle in a military takeover and ...

President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea poses with his wife on the steps of the White House in August 2014, during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images.

Vice-President Obiang has denied wrongdoing. President Obiang himself has also previously denied allegations of corruption. More than 300,000 voters have been registered to take part in Sunday's vote.