The Latest Breaking News from Eswatini

Activists challenge secret agreement between US and Eswatini as human rights groups warn against lack of due process

The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with

A lawyer says five men who were deported by the United States to Eswatini last month had served their criminal sentences before they were sent to a prison in the African country

The arrival in Eswatini of five "criminal illegal aliens" deported from the US under Washington's tough anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public dissent in the small African kingdom. Rights groups and the main opposition party are concerned over the lack of transparency involved in the operation.

In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men deported from the United States under Washington's aggressive anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public dissent.

Activists and rights groups have criticised Trump’s ‘third country’ scheme to deport criminals.

Men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to be temporarily held in kingdom

The government of Eswatini said the five migrants deported from the U.S. will be held in solitary confinement for an indefinite amount of time

Trump said the letter the Wall Street Journal alleged he wrote to Epstein was a ‘fake’ and that he plans to sue the publication owned by Rupert Murdoch – key US politics stories from 17 July 2025