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Eswatini

Two US government officials injured in accidental shooting by Eswatini forces

Eswatini receives two more third-country deportees from US, government says

Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court in Mbabane, Eswatini, August 22, 2025. Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional. REUTERS/Zakhele Mabuza
Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court in Mbabane, Eswatini, August 22, 2025. Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional. REUTERS/Zakhele Mabuza

Eleven more Trump deportees arrive in Eswatini from the United States, lawyer says

FILE PHOTO: Workers and visitors walk near the entrance to Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison known for holding high-profile detainees, near Manzini, Eswatini's second-largest city, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Oupa Nkosi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Workers and visitors walk near the entrance to Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison known for holding high-profile detainees, near Manzini, Eswatini's second-largest city, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Oupa Nkosi/File Photo

Eswatini quickly embraced Trump’s deportee programme despite doubts over legality

Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with US President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional.
Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with US President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional.

China condemns Eswatini for being ‘kept and fed’ by Taiwan in travel row

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te shakes hands with King Mswati III, the King of Eswatini, at Mandvulo Grand Hall near Manzini, Eswatini, on May 2.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te shakes hands with King Mswati III, the King of Eswatini, at Mandvulo Grand Hall near Manzini, Eswatini, on May 2.

Taiwan president defiant as Eswatini trip begins; China calls him a ‘rat’

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te walks with Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini upon arriving in Eswatini on May 2.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te walks with Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini upon arriving in Eswatini on May 2.

Taiwan president arrives in Eswatini after blaming China for cancellation of prior trip

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference on defence spending in Taipei, Taiwan November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Yimou Lee/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference on defence spending in Taipei, Taiwan November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Yimou Lee/File Photo

Taiwan foreign minister arrives in Eswatini after President Lai’s trip was blocked

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a press conference for foreign media in Taipei, Taiwan, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a press conference for foreign media in Taipei, Taiwan, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

Eswatini celebrates King Mswati III's 40 years as critics decry royal spending

FILE PHOTO: Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Taiwan leader postpones trip to Eswatini after overflight permits revoked

Taiwan's Secretary-General to the President Pan Men-an announced that President Lai Ching-te's scheduled trip has been postponed, citing that Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar would not grant permission for his chartered flight to pass through their airspace.
Taiwan's Secretary-General to the President Pan Men-an announced that President Lai Ching-te's scheduled trip has been postponed, citing that Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar would not grant permission for his chartered flight to pass through their airspace.

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