Africa countries are competing for $60 billion — except for one country: Swaziland, an absolute monarchy that has in recent months renamed itself eSwatini.
The tiny kingdom was absent from this week’s Africa summit and appears to have no plans of attending anytime soon. It’s the last African nation that still recognizes Taiwan as an independent country, much to the dismay of the Chinese leadership in Beijing, which considers Taiwan to be a wayward province.
Swaziland Foreign Minister Mgwagwa Gamedze recently reemphasized the kingdom’s commitment to Taiwan, warning China that Beijing “must not play mind games because our relationship with Taiwan is over 50 years so we will not dump them . . . We have no desire to change camps since Taiwan has been good to us.”
Mwafrika hana control, the elite wanna get these loans, squander them, and auction their countries to the Chinese. @mouraythee, I understand you were in Zambia. How’s the situation down there.