Eswatini PM Ambrose Dlamini dies after contracting Covid-19 Updated
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The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa s last absolute monarchy, died in a
South African hospital on Sunday after contracting coronavirus, the government
said in a statement.
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Ambrose Dlamini, 52, had been hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa in
early December, two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19. Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the nation of the sad and
untimely passing away of His Excellency the Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo
Dlamini, Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku said.
The prime minister passed on this afternoon while under medical care
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Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (L), President of Botswana, listens as Mandulo Ambrose Dlamini, Prime Minister of Eswatini, speaks at a plenary session of African Leaders at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town in 2019
The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa s last absolute monarchy, died in a South African hospital on Sunday after contracting coronavirus, the government said in a statement.
Ambrose Dlamini, 52, had been hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa in early December, two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19. Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the nation of the sad and untimely passing away of His Excellency the Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku said.
Posted : 2020-12-14 11:01
Updated : 2020-12-14 11:01
Prime Minister of Eswatini Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini speaks during the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, Dec. 3, 2018. Reuters
The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa s last absolute monarchy, died in a South African hospital on Sunday after contracting coronavirus, the government said in a statement.
Ambrose Dlamini, 52, had been hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa in early December, two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19. Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the nation of the sad and untimely passing away of His Excellency the Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku said.
Dlamini had tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks prior to being admitted
King Mswati III expressed his sadness at the untimely passing of the PM
Swaziland, tiny landlocked country in S.A, is continent s last absolute monarchy
The Prime Minister of Swaziland has become the first world leader to die of Covid-19, two weeks after he was rushed to hospital in South Africa.
Ambrose Dlamini, 52, tested positive for the disease in mid-November but was said to be feeling well and was asymptomatic.
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But his condition deteriorated and he was taken from the tiny landlocked nation to a hospital in neighbouring South Africa.