Alleged poisoning follows last year’s killing of human rights lawyer and pro-democracy protestsEswatini’s main opposition party has alleged that its leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt, putting renewed scrutiny on the southern African country that is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies and where authorities have for years moved to quash pro-democracy movements.The People’s United Democratic Movement party (Pudemo) said its president, Mlungisi Makhanya, was hospitalised after being poisoned in neighbouring South Africa on Tuesday. It said he was under security protection but gave no detail on his condition or the circumstances of the alleged poisoning. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/eswatini-opposition-leader-poisoned-in-south-africa-party-says
Author : Associated Press in Cape Town
Publish date : 2024-09-25 20:26:55
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