Swaziland Pro-Democracy Protesters Rally Amid Arrests
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Pro-democracy protesters rallied in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, a day after police detained almost 50 activists.
About 1,000 demonstrators gathered today in Manzini, the southern African nation’s second-biggest city, said Zakhele Mabuza, a spokesman for the Peoples’ United Democratic Front, or Pudemo. Police briefly detained Pudemo President Mario Masuku, while Deputy President Sikhumbuzo Pakhathi has been in custody since yesterday and the group’s lawyers are trying to find out whether he has been charged, Mabuza said by phone from Manzini.