In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

In its first open election, which turned out to be its last, it elected as president Francisco

Macias Naguma. He very quickly turned out to be a dictator. However, he wasn't just a dictator.

He became one of the worst dictators of the 20th century.

Learn more about Francisco Macyas Naguma, his reign of terror,

and how he single-handedly wrecked Equatorial Guinea on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. At Betway, we've signed Tiari-on-R-Ree to kickstart our season.

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C supply bet the responsible way gamblerware dot org what do you think of when i say the names

adolf hitler joseph stalin pol pot mausay dong i i mean sadam hussein or kim il sung you probably think of some of Poul Pot, Mao Zedong, Edia Amin, Saddam Hussein, or Kim Il-sung.

You probably think of some of the world's worst dictators, horrible people who did horrible

things.

Yet there's someone else that you should think of when you think of the worst of the worst world

leaders of the 20th century.

Francisco Messias Naguma.

There's a good chance that you've never heard of him before,

but by the end of this episode,

hopefully you'll see that he has earned a well-deserved place

amongst the worst leaders in history.

The reason why you may not have heard of him before

is that Equatorial Guinea is a really small

country that doesn't get much attention. Before I get into the man who called himself

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