Coup to overthrow Africa's longest serving leader foiled
Equatorial Guinea has announced that it foiled an attempt to overthrow President Teodoro Mbasogo, who is Africa's longest-serving leader, in December last year. The government alleged that mercenaries were recruited by the country's opposition parties for the plot. Mbasogo became the President in 1979 after overthrowing his uncle who allegedly plotted to kill their family members. 