Protests ramp up against Africa's last absolute monarch - The Backstory with Matt Bevan - a podcast by ABC Radio

The kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland has been engulfed by pro-democracy protests this week amid growing reports of state violence against demonstrators.

eSwatini - a mountain kingdom about a third of the size of Tasmania on the border between South Africa and Mozambique - is an anomaly in Africa, as the last country to be ruled by an absolute monarch.

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