Mbabane, Eswatini, Oct 22, 2025 (AFP) - US deportee jailed in Eswatini on hunger strike

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2025-10-22

A Cuban man deported by the United States to the tiny southern African kingdom of Eswatini three months ago has been on hunger strike for several days, his lawyer said Wednesday. Roberto Mosquera del Peral was among five men deported in July under a US deal seen by AFP in which Eswatini agreed to accept up to 160 deportees in exchange for $5.1 million to "build its border and migration management capacity". One of them, 62-year-old Jamaican Orvil......

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