Eswatini’s king Mswati III is in the news for deporting US migrants, raising human rights concerns. He’s the absolute monarch born in 1968.
The Trump administration has deported over 40 migrants to Eswatini in secretive agreements with at least seven African countries, including recent arrivals from Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania. The deportations, part of a hard-line immigration policy, have sparked protests and controversy over human rights and diplomatic secrecy.
Eswatini released Pheap Rom from prison and is in the process of repatriating him to Cambodia. The country has received multiple third-country deportees from the US since July, under a deal worth around $5 million. Rights groups criticize the policy for detaining migrants without charges and poor conditions.
Paraguay’s president Santiago Peña has visited Taiwan and has reaffirmed diplomatic support, signing cooperation agreements and praising shared democratic values. Beijing has urged Paraguay to sever ties and has criticised the visits; Taiwan’s president Lai Ching‑te has thanked Paraguay and signed deals including an AI computing centre memorandum of understanding.