Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang re-elected president with 93.7 percent

Equatorial Guinea President and candidate Teodoro Obiang Nguema (C) at the polling station
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Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (AFP) – Teodoro Obiang Nguema, leader of tiny oil-rich Equatorial Guinea for 36 years, has been re-elected with 93.7 percent of the vote, according to provisional results from the National Election Commission Thursday.

Trailing well behind with 1.5 percent, were two opposition politicians, Bonaventura Monsuy Asumu and Avelino Mocache Mehengap, the commission said, adding that turnout at the April 24 vote was at 93.7 percent.

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