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ESWATINI Continuing political impasse makes democracy elusive

Another election has come and gone in eSwatini. A prime minister and a cabinet appointed without the express will of the people.

The election happened despite a call by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for an inclusive national dialogue after the July 2021 political killings, and the recent assassination of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko in January this year.

Eswatini, also known as Swaziland, is

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