Eswatini’s Anti-Monarchy Protests

How Civil Unrests Reveals Geopolitical Rivalries

Students march against the Eswatini government led by the Communist Party of Swaziland in October 2021. Photo Credit: Communist Party of Swaziland.

The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is currently gripped by a civil uprising that has seen dozens of killings, street anarchy, and widespread looting as its hard-pressed citizens demand an end to a f…