https://www.scmp.com/rss/522722/feed The latest news and top stories on King Mswati III, the monarch of eSwatini. As Africa’s last absolute monarch, he ascended to the throne in 1986, wielding ultimate authority over government branches and controlling local governance. He is commander-in-chief of the defence force and police. His reign saw the country renamed from Swaziland to eSwatini in 2018 to shed its colonial past. While focusing on education, sustainable development and cultural heritage, his rule has faced criticism for its... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse In the small African kingdom of eSwatini, the arrival of five men deported from the United States under Washington’s aggressive anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public dissent. The five nationals of Vietnam, Laos, Yemen, Cuba and Jamaica, were flown to Eswatini’s administrative capital of Mbabane on July 16 on a US military plane and incarcerated after US authorities labelled them “criminal illegal aliens”. The US Department of Homeland Security said the men were convicted of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3319753/five-men-deported-eswatini-us-spark-public-outcry-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3319753/five-men-deported-eswatini-us-spark-public-outcry-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:17:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The United States deported five migrants from Asian and Caribbean countries to the small African kingdom of eSwatini, officials said on Tuesday. The deported migrants are nationals of Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen. “These criminal illegal aliens are so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrote on social media. They were convicted of violent crimes such as child rape and murder, according to DHS. Eswatini’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3318443/us-deports-barbaric-migrants-vietnam-laos-other-nations-africas-eswatini?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3318443/us-deports-barbaric-migrants-vietnam-laos-other-nations-africas-eswatini?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:24:10 +0000