Here are Africa's current longest-serving leaders

July 20, 2017 11:37 AM

Who are the longest-serving leaders in Africa and how long have they been in power?Take a look at all of them

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The list of Africas longest serving leaders hardly gets changed.

After all the strongmen on the continent feel their countries will be in turmoil should they leave office.

Last year of them fell to another who people say is a novice in politics in Gambia.

Gambia’s long-time leader Yahya Jammeh lost the presidency after 22 years in power. Conceding defeat to his rival Adama Barrow.

That’s one less on a long list of African leaders who have held on to power for 15 or more years. Eight out of 9 of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders have held their positions for more than 20 years.

Here are the 9 longest serving African leaders:

**The 19-year rule of Sassou-Ngueso in Congo Brazzaville is his second stint as leader of his country. He previously ruled between 1979 to 1992, so in total he has ruled for 33 years.

** Paul Mbiya of Cameroun has ruled for 43 years in total. However, he has ruled as a president for 35 years and ruled for 8 years as the prime minister.