Taiwan president completes surprise Eswatini visit
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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te says he has arrived in Eswatini, Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, despite flight challenges reportedly due to Chinese pressure.
Beijing responds to the "stowaway-like" trip of the president of the self-governing island to the African country, bypassing diplomatic pressures from the Asian giant. It was only a matter of time before China reacted to the visit that the Taiwanese president,
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has finally visited Eswatini where his arrival had been expected since April. The state visit was cancelled last minute, and Taiwan blames China - saying Beijing applied pressure on African countries not to allow the plane carrying President Ching-te to use their airspace on the way to the Kingdom of Eswatini.
President William Lai (賴清德) has departed Eswatini following a surprise trip to Africa in defiance of Beijing’s efforts to thwart his diplomatic outreach, a source said yesterday. Lai is returning to Taiwan by again using the private plane of Eswatini’s monarch,
The Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs stated Thursday that the solution to xenophobia in South Africa starts with the creation of more jobs; hence, she ann
South African renewable-energy company Anthem reports that it has reached financial close on the 20 MW Tsamela solar PV project in Eswatini, which is seeking to increase domestic generation capacity so as to reduce reliance on electricity imports.
A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing has blasted Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's "stowaway-style" visit to Eswatini, saying such move proves that "Taiwan independ
President William Lai (賴清德) on Sunday called for more private Taiwanese investment in the Kingdom of Eswatini, as he visited several Taiwan-funded projects in the country’s sole African ally. Accompanied by senior Eswatini officials,