King of Swaziland
Of Taiwan's four African allies, the staunchest has
been Swaziland. At independence from Britain in
1968, King Sobhuza II declared allegiance to Taipei. Despite
China's rise in the intervening decades, the kingdom has
never wavered. Sobhuza II's son and successor, Mswati III,
was crowned in 1986 at the age of 18 and has followed the same
path. He regularly speaks up for Taiwan at the annual UN General
Assembly meetings....
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