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Newspaper editor wanted by police in Eswatini over report on king’s health

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A newspaper editor in the small African kingdom of Eswatini was declared wanted for alleging King Mswati III contracted COVID-19. Police are hunting Zweli Dlamini, editor of the Swaziland News, after the outlet reported that Mswati III was sick with the virus.

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