U.S. sends deportees to African kingdom of Eswatini

Eswatini’s King, Mswati III, front, dances during a Reed Dance in Mbabane on Sept. 3, 2012. AP PHOTO/THEMBA HADEBE, FILE CAPE TOWN, South Africa— The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to...

Countries Where Ghanaian Passport Holders Can Travel Without a Visa in August 2025

The number of visa free countries for Ghanaian passport holders have increased. The ministry of Foreign Affairs recently added five new countries to this. This is according to a report by GhanaWeb. As of 1st August, 2025, Ghanaian passport holders...

Indian Minister of State and External Affairs Pabitra Margherita in eSwatini, meets King Mswati.

By Bongiwe Dlamini LOZITHA:Pabitra Margherita, the Indian Minister of State and External Affairs is in eSwatini. The Indian Minister met King Mswati on Thursday evening, he was introduced to the King by His Excellency Ram Prasad, the Indian High...

Mos Margherita Meets Eswatini PM During Visit To Landlocked African Nation

(MENAFN- IANS) Mbabane, July 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Friday met Prime Minister of Eswatini, Russell Mmiso Dlamini, during his official visit to the African Kingdom.During the meeting, both...

How Cuban and Jamaican Criminals Became Eswatini’s Unlikely Prison Guests

In a move that stunned immigration watchers, the U.S. deported five violent convicts—including men from Cuba and Jamaica—not to their homelands, but to Eswatini, a tiny monarchy in Africa now grappling with the consequences of an unprecedented...

US Deportees: Eswatini now a ‘Third Country’ destination after South Sudan

The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...

Critics accuse Eswatini authorities of selling out their country over US deportees

Government critics in Eswatini have accused authorities of selling out their country after they took in five men accused of violent crimes who were deported from the United States. Washington appears to be putting pressure on a number of African...

U.S deportees put in solitary confinement in Eswatini: government spokesperson

Five men deported by the U.S to Eswatini are being held in solitary confinement indefinitely until they can be sent back to their home countries with the help of the UN, an Eswatini government spokesperson said on Thursday. Local media reported...

U.S. Deports Five ‘Hardened Criminals’ to Eswatini, Sparking Regional Outrage

The deportation of five inmates labeled as “hardened criminals” from the United States to Eswatini has ignited widespread anger in the Kingdom and neighboring Southern African nations, with critics warning of potential security risks. Civil...

IOM not involved in Eswatini plan for US deportees, says agency

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) was not involved in the removal of third-country migrants from the US to Eswatini and has not been contacted to help send them back home, the agency said on Thursday. Eswatini had said a day...

'Not Trump's dumping ground': Eswatini raises alarm over arrival of migrants from US

The five illegal immigrants who were sent off in a deportation plane to Africa earlier this week have reached Eswatini, causing outrage in the tiny nation. The government of Eswatini has confirmed that the migrants are currently being held in its...

Mos Margherita Meets King Of Eswatini During His Official Visit To African Nation

(MENAFN- IANS) Mbabane, July 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita paid a courtesy call on the King of Eswatini, Mswati-III at Lozitha Palace during his official visit to the African Kingdom.The MoS was...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for...

In cell phone messages to The Associated Press on Thursday, Mdluli said it wasn't clear how long that would take. The men, who the U.S. says were convicted of serious crimes and were in the U.S. illegally, are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba,...

US Deports a Cuban Gang Member and Four Other Convicts to the African Kingdom of Eswatini

The spokesperson for the African country says that Roberto Mosquera Del Peral and those expelled from Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Vietnam are in transit. Roberto Mosquera Del Peral Cuban, is among the five fugitives who were detained in prison in...

Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement

Five migrants deported by the US to the small southern African country of Eswatini, under the Trump administration’s third-country program, will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, an Eswatini government spokesperson says....

Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...

World News | 5 US Immigrants Deported to Eswatini in Africa Are Being Held in Solitary Confinement

Cape Town, Jul 18 (AP) Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...

Five US immigrants deported to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants, including one Jamaican, deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme are in prison, where they will be held...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time