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Kung Mswati III

Pro-Democratic rallies rock Eswatini after death

Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland and one of the world's few absolute monarchies, has called for calm and restraint as the largest democratic demonstrations in several years shook the South African kingdom.Protesters demand democratic reforms and accuse King Mswati III, who has ruled the small mountain nation for more than 30 years as an absolute monarch, of oppression. Rights groups accuse the royal family, including the king's 15 wives, of having a lavish lifestyle while many of the country's 1.1 million people live…

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