JOHANNESBURG — Southern African nations have sent envoys to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, to engage with King Mswati III about the political and civil unrest that has engulfed the country in recent weeks. The 16-nation Southern African Development Community sent top officials from Eswatini’s neighbor South Africa and the nearby countries of Botswana and Namibia. …
Africa’s last absolute monarchy has for days been rocked by the largest pro-democracy protests in years. “Sicelo is dead, he died on the spot,” Mathunjwa told Al Jazeera, saying she cannot leave her village of Mazombiswe to head to her nephew’s village of Hosea, some 30km away, and pay her finals respects due to the tensions in the small landlocked …
