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Swaziland: "We are dying, they are flying!"

25 Aug 2008

Mbabane: Several hundred Swazis, including people living with HIV, marched on 21 August to highlight the need for government to prioritise funding to alleviate the humanitarian crises in the country.

The protestors had been spurred by reports that eight of King Mswati's 13 wives had taken a trip to the Middle East and Asia. The King's Office at Lozitha Palace, 30km east of the capital, Mbabane, would not reveal the nature of their trip, but the Swazi media noted that the wives were taking advantage of school holidays to travel with their children.

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