Over the past two years, the state of Swaziland has been plagued with various human rights violations, including state sponsored violence against the citizenry. In response, civilians have retaliated against members of the police force and the army. Against this background, Angelo Dube argues that the environment in Swaziland may be ripe for the Islamic State’s picking.

Russia’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine has been recognised as an international armed conflict, drawing near-universal condemnation as an infringement of international law. States are, therefore, making a tremendous combined effort to prevent further escalation of the humanitarian crisis.

Eswatini has been the staging area for human rights violations since the colonial era…