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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech as he inspects Taiwanese reservists participating in reserve military training in Ilan County, Eastern Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan’s president lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te says he has arrived in Eswatini, Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, despite flight challenges reportedly due to Chinese pressure.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during the 2026 Hsieh Nien Fan annual dinner of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president postpones Eswatini visit and says China pressured African countries

FILE -Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

Court rules in favor of 4 men deported by the US to Africa and denied lawyer meetings for 9 months

FILE -Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer says

Eswatini's King Mswati III speaks during a news conference after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Eswatini receives third batch of migrants deported by the US

Traditional welcome for Taiwan president as he visits Eswatini king

Taiwan president Lai Ching-te is welcomed by Eswatini King Mswati III with a military ceremony at Lozitha Palace where they take part in a signing ceremony, bolstering ties with one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies despite growing international pressure from China.

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Eswatini activists protest US deportation deal at embassy in South Africa

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US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

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A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, an injectable HIV prevention drug, at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Masiphumelele Research Site, in Cape Town, South Africa, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says

Fans celebrate in the stands after Cape Verde defeated Eswatini in a World Cup qualifying soccer match at Estádio Nacional in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to clinch their qualification for the 2026 World Cup. (AP Photo/Cristiano Barbosa)

Cape Verde qualifies for the World Cup for the first time after beating Eswatini

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

10 more deportees from the US arrive in the African nation of Eswatini

Members of Eswatin Pro-democracy activists, hold placards during their protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Judge fails to appear for court hearing in Eswatini over 4 men deported by the US

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

A Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

A Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

Rights group calls for urgent action for 5 men deported by US and held in Eswatini without charges

Pro-democracy activists protest outside the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Eswatini activists protest US deportation deal at embassy in South Africa

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, left, arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants asylum. The US wants to deport him. What to know

Kilmar Abrego Garcia joins supporters in a protest rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

U.S. says it will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini because he fears deportation to Uganda

South Sudan says foreigners deported from the US remain in custody

The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

Lawyers for 5 men deported to an African prison accuse Trump’s program of denying them due process

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

What to know after the US deports more migrants to Africa

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrives at the Seoul airport in Seongnam, South Korea, for the 2024 South Korea-Africa Summit which will be held on June 4-5, at the Seoul airport in Seongnam, South Korea, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)

3 African nations have agreed to take deportees from the US. What we know about the secretive deals

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)

Lawyer says he’s not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in Eswatini

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

King Mswati III of Eswatini arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini, where the US sent 5 deportees

Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

FILE - Voters queue to cast their votes in Manzini, Eswatini, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 (AP Photo, File)

Eswatini opposition party claims its leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt

Voters queue to cast their votes in Manzini, Eswatini, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The small southern African nation of Eswatini is holding elections to decide part of the makeup of its parliament while its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power. (AP Photo)

Africa’s Eswatini, one of the last absolute monarchies, holds an election without political parties

UN rights chief condemns killing of activist in Eswatini

A protester holds a mock weapon during protest in Matsapha, Eswateni, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021. Southern African nations have sent envoys to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, to engage with King Mswati III about the political and civil unrest that has engulfed the country in recent weeks. (AP Photo)

Southern African states send delegation to troubled Eswatini

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