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Eswatini’s Anti-Monarchy Protests

How Civil Unrests Reveals Geopolitical Rivalries

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Ray Mwareya
Nov 12, 2021
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Students march against the Eswatini government led by the Communist Party of Swaziland in October 2021. Photo Credit: Communist Party of Swaziland.

The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is currently gripped by a civil uprising that has seen dozens of killings, street anarchy, and widespread looting as its hard-pressed citizens demand an end to a f…

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I am an essayist,cook, opinion-maker and journalist. My writing appears in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Newsweek and Reuters. I live in Canada and Johannesburg. Feet planted both worlds.
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