Africa’s Last Absolute Monarchy Convulsed by Mass Protests Eswatini, the former Swaziland, has been ruled by high-living kings since its independence in 1968. Its impoverished citizens say they ...

A week of nationwide protests against the king’s lavish lifestyle has left dozens of people dead in the tiny nation of Eswatini, raising the prospect that Africa’s last absolute monarchy could ...

It marked the spot where, in 1932, revolutionaries proclaimed the end of Thailand’s absolute monarchy. ... Photographs of royals adorn public buildings and private homes.