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{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Eswatini|leader_title1=King|government_type=[[Absolute monarchy]]|leader_name3=[[Cleopas Dlamini]]|leader_name2=[[Ntfombi]]|leader_name1=[[Mswati III]]|leader_title3=Prime Minister|leader_title2=Queen|largest_city=[[Manzini]]|native_name=Umbuso weSwatini | {{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Eswatini|leader_title1=King|government_type=[[Absolute monarchy]]|leader_name3=[[Cleopas Dlamini]]|leader_name2=[[Ntfombi]]|leader_name1=[[Mswati III]]|leader_title3=Prime Minister|leader_title2=Queen|largest_city=[[Manzini]]|native_name=Umbuso weSwatini|official_languages=English, Siswati|image_coat=Eswatini COA.png|image_flag=Eswatini flag.png|population_estimate_year=2020|population_estimate=1,160,164|area_km2=17,364|capital=[[Mbabane]] (executive)<br>[[Lobamba]] (legislative)}} | ||
'''Eswatini''', officially the '''Kingdom of Eswatini''', is a small country in [[Southern Africa]]. It is the only absolute monarchy in [[Africa]]. Until 2018, it was known as '''Swaziland'''.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Moses Tofa|date=2013-05-16|title=Swaziland: Wither absolute monarchism?|newspaper=Pambazuka News|archive-url=https://archive.ph/20141019191941/http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/features/87402/print|archive-date=2014-10-19|retrieved=2022-03-25}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of Swaziland]] was banned in 2011 but still operates with its headquarters in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{News citation|date=2011-06-24|title=La lutte révolutionnaire continue au Swaziland : le Parti communiste affirme son soutien aux grèves et manifestations qui ébranlent la monarchie absolue Mswati|url=http://solidarite-internationale-pcf.fr/article-la-lutte-revolutionnaire-continue-au-swaziland-le-parti-communiste-affirme-son-soutien-aux-greves-77720866.html|newspaper=Solidarité Internationale PCF|retrieved=2022-03-25 | '''Eswatini''', officially the '''Kingdom of Eswatini''', is a small country in [[Southern Africa]]. It is the only absolute monarchy in [[Africa]]. Until 2018, it was known as '''Swaziland'''.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Moses Tofa|date=2013-05-16|title=Swaziland: Wither absolute monarchism?|newspaper=Pambazuka News|archive-url=https://archive.ph/20141019191941/http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category/features/87402/print|archive-date=2014-10-19|retrieved=2022-03-25}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of Swaziland]] was banned in 2011 but still operates with its headquarters in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{News citation|date=2011-06-24|title=La lutte révolutionnaire continue au Swaziland : le Parti communiste affirme son soutien aux grèves et manifestations qui ébranlent la monarchie absolue Mswati|url=http://solidarite-internationale-pcf.fr/article-la-lutte-revolutionnaire-continue-au-swaziland-le-parti-communiste-affirme-son-soutien-aux-greves-77720866.html|newspaper=Solidarité Internationale PCF|retrieved=2022-03-25}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Eswatini gained independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] in 1968. It had a multi-party system until 1973, when King [[Sobhuza II]] repealed the constitution and established an absolute monarchy. He formed a standing army to defend the royal family. Sobhuza died in 1982 and his son, Mswati III, has ruled since then. | Eswatini gained independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] in 1968. It had a multi-party system until 1973, when King [[Sobhuza II]] repealed the constitution and established an absolute monarchy. He formed a standing army to defend the royal family. Sobhuza died in 1982 and his son, Mswati III, has ruled since then. In 2019, the Communist Party of Swaziland began the [[Democracy Now]] campaign to end the monarchy. Non-communist parties such as the [[Ngwane National Liberatory Congress]] and [[People's United Democratic Movement]] are also involved in the struggle against Mswati.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Pius Vilakati|newspaper=[[Red Africa]]|title=Boiling Point: The Struggle against Capitalism and Monarchy in Swaziland|date=2022-06-21|url=https://redafrica.net/2022/06/21/boiling-point-the-struggle-against-capitalism-and-monarchy-in-swaziland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623075903/https://redafrica.net/2022/06/21/boiling-point-the-struggle-against-capitalism-and-monarchy-in-swaziland/|archive-date=2022-06-23|retrieved=2022-07-12}}</ref> | ||
In 2019, the Communist Party of Swaziland began the [[ | |||
== Government == | == Government == | ||