UN human rights chief Volker Türk condemned the "brutal killing" of a prominent pro-democracy activist in the country, which is one of the world's few remaining absolute monarchies

Vice chair of the Committee on Industrial Relations and Social Business Policy Eswatini highlighted concern about an economy struggling to attract investment and generate job opportunities

Queen Ntombi Tfwala warned the nation about the rise in cases of gender-based violence in Eswatini, stating that it is disturbing to hear of cases of abused women and urging men to calm down and avoid being violent

Traditional medicine, muti, is an important part of Eswatini culture; however, the growing demand has put some of kingdom's animal species at risk of extinction, with conservationists and molecular biologists working to protect the animals from poachers

Eswatini denied reports that it had offered nationality to citizens of other southern African countries to make up for the population crisis