While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old ...

Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and one of the few remaining in the world. King Mswati III, 55, has been the monarch since 1986, when ...

Youth-led protests that began last year by calling for the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, 66, a former coup leader, have become the biggest challenge in decades to the monarchy which ...

On 16 July 2025, five prisoners from the United States were secretly transferred to Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute ...

Political activists from several groups across Thailand staged peaceful protests around the country on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the 1932 revolt which ended the absolute monarchy in the ...

Africa’s last absolute monarchy is shaken, as protestors defy Eswatini’s king A crisis simmers in Southern Africa as the landlocked country formerly known as Swaziland cracks down on pro ...

The king of Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the "Kingdom of eSwatini" to mark the 50th anniversary of independence -- and to avoid confusion with ...

While watching news regarding SCOTUS' questioning about Colorado intent of excluding Trump from the ballot, I was reminded SCOTUS will be considering Trump's absolute immunity claim.

Military and police patrols are on the streets of the tiny African nation of eSwatini, and opposition leaders are in hiding, they told CNN Tuesday, as the continent’s last absolute monarchy ...

Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and one of the few remaining in the world. King Mswati III, 55, has been the monarch since 1986, when ...