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6 African leaders who have stayed in power for more than 30 years – See full list

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6 African leaders who have stayed in power for more than 30 years – See full list

Teodoro Obiang Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea, is Africa's longest-serving ruler Cameroon's President Paul Biya [Getty Images] Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 26, 2014.

REUTERS/Mike Segar President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni King Mswati III, Eswatini IsaiasAfrica has several leaders whose time at the helm of government spans more than three decades, making them some of the world's longest-serving political figures.

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