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The following African leaders have all held onto power for decades, some for over 30 years.
They are:
1. Yoweri Museveni of Uganda (37 years)
2. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea (44 years).
3. Paul Biya of Cameroon (48 years)
4. Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo (38 years)
5. Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea (30 years)
6. Paul Kagame of Rwanda (23 years)
7.Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti (24 years)
8. Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola (38 years)
9. Idriss Deby of Chad (31 years)
10. Omar al-Bashir of Sudan (30 years)
11. Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo (38 years)
12. Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria (20 years)
13. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (37 years)
15. Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia (22 years)
These leaders come from a variety of countries and political backgrounds, but they share some common traits.
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