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Upon gaining office from his predecessor and uncle, Francisco Macias Nguema, he made some reforms but retained Nguema's absolute control over the nation.

Rights groups have labelled the country's two presidents - Francisco Macias Nguema and Teodoro Obiang Nguema - as some of the worst rights abusers in Africa.

Obiang ousted his uncle Francisco Macias Nguema in a coup in 1979.

Upon gaining office from his predecessor and uncle, Francisco Macias Nguema, he made some reforms, but retained Nguema's absolute control over the nation.

Rights groups have labelled the country's two presidents - Francisco Macias Nguema and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema - as some of the worst rights abusers in Africa.