African nations deploy envoys to Eswatini to help stem unrest

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Pro-democracy protests have been banned in the Kingdom of Eswatini as South African envoys begin mediation.

Internet access has been limited, with Facebook shut off after protests against the king.

Dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators were injured in a crackdown that began in June.

Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim reports from the capital Mbabane, Eswatini.

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Eswatini, officially the Kingdom of Eswatini, sometimes written in English as eSwatini, and formerly and still commonly known in English as Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its north, west, and south.

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