UNHCR's Southern Africa Multi-Country Office is funding refugee livelihood and economic empowerment programming in Eswatini under the same Community-Based Protection Strategy 2026 to 2029 anchoring the parallel Namibia and Botswana calls.
Impact Funding
Taiwan will not retreat in the face of pressure after returning from a surprise trip to Eswatini that took a long route over the southern Indian Ocean to avoid airspace controlled by countries close to China.
The Asia Cable
Elections have the potential in any country to heighten tensions and Eswatini may prove to be no different, especially as tensions are already raised.
Accord
As a high risk demographic, many of the elderly in Eswatini have followed a stringent lockdown to avoid contracting COVID-19.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Social unrest (as in South Africa last July) and heightened political tensions (Burkina Faso, Chad, Eswatini, Guinea, Mali, Sudan) could erode confidence, slow structural reforms, and undermine effective COVID responses and the distribution of vaccines.
World Bank
Of the 35 countries surveyed, the proportion of citizens who suggested that non-democratic political systems might be preferable only exceeded 20% in eSwatini and Malawi.
Quartz
Eswatini is Taiwan's only remaining diplomatic ally in Africa, and Lai will travel there directly without a U.S. transit stop.
The Asia Cable
One perhaps surprising takeaway from the research is that many of the most promising investment opportunities lie in low-income countries including Eswatini, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, and Mauritania.
International Finance Corporation
SADC heads of state expressed their hope for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, the DRC, Madagascar, and Eswatini in 2023.
News24
Last updated: 20 June 2026
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