13. Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema
The story of Teodoro Obiang Nguema reaching the president seat of Equatorial Guinea that’s up next in our list of countries with dictatorships today (or on their way to dictatorships) is quite an interesting one. After managing to overthrow his paranoid uncle in a military coup, he himself became a president in 1979. His rule is considered to be the harshest and most repressed rule, which is quite reflected in the fact that although the country is very rich in oil and gas, the people still live in poverty. Besides being a dictator, Nguema is also accused of being a cannibal, literally eating his enemies to obtain more power.
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