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Pro-democracy protests flare up in Eswatini

Anger against King Mswati III (L) has been building for years. [Courtesy]

Pro-democracy protests have flared up in Eswatini, months after authorities loyal to the southern African country's absolute monarch quashed an earlier round of demonstrations using tear gas and water cannon.

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