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Five immigrants deported by the U.S. are in solitary confinement in Eswatini as part of Trump’s revived third-country ...
Five deported immigrants from the US have been imprisoned in Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country plan.
Lin arrived in Eswatini on Tuesday to attend King Mswati III’s birthday celebration on April 25. He is slated to meet with top government officials and sign an MOU with Eswatini Minister of Foreign ...
The tiny Southern African kingdom of Eswatini has diplomatic ties with Israel going back over five decades. Today, as Israel faces growing international isolation for its genocide in Gaza and ...
Being friends to all has allowed Eswatini to maintain diplomatic relations with both China and Taiwan, despite efforts by Beijing to persuade Eswatini to cut ties with the self-governing island.
Lin also told a regular news conference that Eswatini, as well as its people have "hardly benefited" from its "diplomatic ties" with the Taiwan region over the past 56 years.
The relationship hinges on proudly democratic Taiwan befriending an absolute monarch. Will pro-democracy protests spell the end of King Mswati’s rule – and relations with Taipei?
Eswatini is the last remaining African country that maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but if King Mswati III falls, the geopolitical ramifications could be significant.
However, eSwatini has tried to send assuring messages to Taiwan by emphasizing publicly that it will stick with Taiwan in spite of China’s diplomatic pressure and financial allure.
The Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, will maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a government spokesman told Reuters on Friday, despite Chinese pressure on the southern ...