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Elections being held Sunday in Equatorial Guinea, home to a government ranked as one of the world's most corrupt, are unfair, critics say.
Human rights and opposition groups contend the vote is not free and impartial and will likely return current President Teodoro Obiang Nguema to power with a large majority, the BBC reported.
The British broadcaster said opposition parties in the oil-rich West African nation complain of frequent harassment for pointing out that despite national earnings from oil and gas should that should provide them a theoretical income of $37,000 per year each, most Equatorial Guineans still live in extreme poverty.
Despite its human rights problems, international investors are still firmly attached to Equatorial Guinea's oil and gas wealth, the BBC reported, with government hiring Western public relations firms to help improve its image.
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