As Yahya Jammeh Finally Steps Down, Here’s A List Of Current Africa’s Longest Serving Leaders.

Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) — 31 years

Age: 72

In power since: January 1986, when Museveni, a guerrilla leader and former defense minister, ousted a military regime.

Current election rules: Majority popular vote for five-year terms, with no term limits. Museveni held the presidency for 10 years before he was chosen in the country’s first direct presidential election in 1996. After his re-election in 2001, Parliament removed presidential term limits in 2005. He was elected for a fifth term in February 2016.