#FirstpostAfrica: Eswatini is facing intense scrutiny after revelations of a secret $5 million agreement with the United States to accept foreign deportees, even if they were not Eswatini citizens. The deal, signed quietly in May, allowed Washington to send up to 160 third-country nationals from nations including Vietnam, Cuba, Yemen, and Laos. At least 15 deportees have already arrived and are being held in high-security prisons. Eswatini's finance minister admitted he learned of the deal only

The US is deporting people to countries they’ve never lived in. In Eswatini, Melusi S. Simelane and other activists have taken their government to court to fight these so-called third-country deportations. | Al Jazeera English