World's longest-serving president starts sixth term
Critics claim that since then, elections have been manipulated, with the opposition mostly barred from voting and the media under the influence of the government and its friends.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The president of Equatorial Guinea, who now holds the record for the longest tenure as a head of state, was sworn in for a sixth term.
Before viewing a military parade, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, took the presidential oath.
He asserted that he was and would always be the leader of all Equatorial Guineans.
In a coup in 1979, he first seized control.
Critics claim that since then, elections have been manipulated, with the opposition mostly barred from voting and the media under the influence of the government and its friends.
