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By ANA reporter 
3h ago
RUSTENBURG – Eswatini King Mswati III is in critical condition at the hospital, according to local media reports.
According to Swaziland News, high-profile royal sources told the online newspaper that the king had been admitted to the Royal Apple Hospital in critical condition and was struggling to breathe.
The publication reported that Lusendvo Fakudze, the governor of the Ludzidzini Palace, when asked to confirm and clarify the matter on Thursday night after senior members of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force were seen maintaining high security at the hospital He avoided questions and asked the nation to pray.
The governor said the king will not participate in a Good Friday service that is expected to be attended by a minimum number of people, but maintained that “wherever he is, he will also be praying.”
The newspaper reported in March that Mswati was in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic after meeting with a delegation from Taiwan who recently visited Eswatini to donate helicopters.
Two Taiwanese soldiers who were part of that delegation were among 400 military personnel quarantined for coronavirus, Swaziland News reported, citing a Taiwan news report.
The soldiers were reportedly invited to dine with the king where they shook hands one by one as they posed to take pictures with him.
According to Wikipedia, Mswati was crowned king in 1986 at age 18. He is the last absolute monarch in Africa in the sense that he has the power to elect the prime minister, other senior government officials and the main traditional positions.
In 2004, Mswati enacted a new constitution that allows freedom of expression and assembly for the media and the public.
African News Agency
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