Francisco Macias Nguema, 45, was elected President, and his fellow Fang, cosmopolitan Atanasio Ndongo, 41, became Foreign Minister. Then, unhappily, the Fangs fell out. Macias, a sleepy-eyed ...

At least 17 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in an explosion at a military base in Equatorial Guinea, officials said. A weekend measure that gives the president of Equatorial ...

President Obiang seized power through a bloody coup against his uncle Francisco Macias Nguema in 1979, just 11 years after the country's independence from Spain. Obiang Jr is also in trouble in ...

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving president, having been in power since August 3, 1979, following a coup that removed his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema. Despite ...

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