[Central News Agency] Equatorial Guinea, a small country in Central Africa on the west coast of Africa, will hold a national election on the 20th.

The voting results announced today show that President Ngema, who has been in power for more than 43 years, won a record sixth term with a rate of 94.9%.

Equatorial Guinea's electoral commission confirmed Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, will remain in office for another seven years.

The turnout rate for this general election was 98%.

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Ngema is the longest-serving head of state outside of the monarchy in the world today.

He is running against Andres Esono Ondo, the candidate of the only opposition Convergence for Social Democracy, and Assum of the Social Democratic Coalition Party, a traditional ally of the ruling party. (Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu).

Assum, who was a minister, was regarded by the opposition as a "false candidate" who had no chance of being elected.

Nguema's son, Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, is generally considered to be his successor.

Mange was convicted by a French court in 2020 of embezzlement.

His ill-gotten gains included a crystal glove worn by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, an armored Rolls-Royce limousine and a yacht, the report said.

The oil producer of about 1.5 million people has had just two presidents since it gained independence from Spain in 1968.

Nguema came to power after overthrowing his uncle Francisco Macias Nguema in a 1979 coup.

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