Crisis Chronology

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ESWATINI

10/25/2021

King calls for calm and says that a national dialogue will begin.

10/18/2021

Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini orders closure of all schools in an effort to stop protests.

10/12/2021

Government deploys troops and police to quell student protests demanding political reforms across the country.

07/07/2021

Crackdown on protests imposes quiet. The internet has been largely shut down.

06/30/2021

Substantial protests against the monarchy result in deaths as police open fire on the sometimes destructive and violent protests.

06/24/2021

King forbids citizens to send petitions to lawmakers demanding democratic reforms.

04/16/2020

Eswatini confirms first case of COVID-19.

10/29/2018

King Mswati selects Ambrose Dlamini CEO of a telecom company as prime minister.

10/24/2018

King Mswati tells a Sibaya (a meeting of his 1.1 million subjects at the royal cattle byre) that supernatural beings have told him who the prime minister should be, but he will not reveal it until the Sibaya has had a chance to make recommendations.

09/21/2018

Parliamentary elections. Although political parties are allowed, they cannot participate in elections. Parliamentarians have little power.

04/19/2018

King Mswati III renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini. The new name means “land of the Swazis.”