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?The state massacred the people?? Eswatini MP
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Originally published on July 16, 2021 6:03 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe For the past six weeks, pro-democracy protesters in Eswatini have sporadically taken to the streets to express their displeasure with the rule of King Mswati III and to call for political reforms. At least 40 people have died and over 150 protesters been hospitalized with injuries resulting from live ammunition or beatings by security forces.
The king has ruled his southern African nation, which borders South Africa and Mozambique and was known until 2018 as Swaziland, for 35 years. It is Africa s last absolute monarchy. Political parties are banned. Nearly two-thirds of the country s 1.2 million people live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.
Matthew Hill, Bloomberg News Firefighters extinguish a fire at a supermarket in Manzini, Eswatini, on June 30, 2021. , Photographer: -/AFP
(Bloomberg) Africaâs last absolute monarch will break his silence on Friday, weeks after police and the army quashed some of the most violent pro-democracy protests yet in Eswatini.
While the crackdown restored calm, the deaths of at least 27 people during a week of unrest drew renewed international scrutiny of the kingdom. Protesters were demanding King Mswati III, whoâs ruled the South African neighbor for more than three decades, cedes some control.
Mswati, 53, has called a national policy meeting, known as a Sibaya and that usually only takes place once a year, for the same day activists plan to resume demonstrations. As governments including the U.S. called for dialogue, authorities have insisted that any amendments to the constitution must go through parliament. That means