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The East African
Thursday July 01 2021
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Meanwhile, protesters torched a building belonging to Eswatini Beverages, which King Mswati partly owns.
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At least eight people were killed on Wednesday as police cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in eSwatini, activist lobbies tracking unrest in the country say.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) and the Swaziland Youth Congress (Swayoco), which have been pushing for political freedoms in the monarchy, said Wednesday that several people had been shot dead by security forces deployed to quell the protests.
Reports say the protests started peacefully in the Manzini region of Africa’s last absolute monarchy on June 20 when youth took to the streets demanding the right to democratically elect the prime minister.
eSwatini streets deserted as anti-monarchy riots turn deadly: activists Police refused to confirm reports of the deaths and injuries, saying they do not divulge such information to international media. eSwatini has seen a spate of pro-democracy protests, with demonstrators blocking roads in Manzini. Picture: @SwaziNews/Twitter.
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MBABANE, eSwatini - The streets in eSwatini were deserted Wednesday and pro-democracy activists claimed eight people had been killed in clashes with police in the latest clashes in Africa s last absolute monarchy.
Demonstrations, which had been relatively low key for weeks, escalated on Monday in the tiny and usually stable landlocked kingdom previously known as Swaziland.
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