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Equatorial Guinea votes in polls criticised as a ‘sham’

Equatorial Guinea voted Sunday in local and legislative elections denounced as a sham by the opposition, with the party of Africa’s longest serving leader expected to clinch an overwhelming victory. The small central west African nation is the continent’s third-largest oil producer.