Eswatini youth stage rare rural protest against monarchy

Political parties have been banned in the tiny southern African country since 1973.

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King Mswati III, Head of State of the Kingdom of Swaziland, known as eSwatini. (AFP)f
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Police in Eswatini on Saturday clashed with a rural demonstration demanding democratic reforms in Africa's last absolute monarchy, an AFP reporter said.

Around 500 youth gathered in a village in the

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