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Independent AfricaEquatorial Guinea campaigns end ahead of Sunday poll

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Equatorial Guinea campaigns end ahead of Sunday poll

Campaigning is due to end on Friday for the country’s presidential and legislative elections.

More than 300,000 voters have been registered to take part in the Sunday elections.

Opposition leaders Andrés Esono Ondo and Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu are expected to challenge long-time President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who is seeking his sixth consecutive term in office.

Source: BBC

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