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Eswatini PM dies of Covid-19

14 Dec 2020

Prime Minister Ambrose M. Dlamini of Eswatini died of Covid-19 on Sunday (13), according to a statement from the government. He was 52. The deputy prime minister, Themba Masuku, notified the country, formerly known as Swaziland, of the leader’s “sad and untimely passing” in a statement on Twitter late Sunday. “His excellency passed on this afternoon while under medical care in a hospital in South Africa,” the statement read. Mr. Masuku added, “May his soul rest in peace.” Dlamini had been moved to a hospital in South Africa two weeks ago for treatment, Reuters reported, after contracting the virus in November. He had served as prime minister for two years in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Dlamini is one of several world leaders who contracted the coronavirus — including President Trump, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic of Croatia and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain — but among very few who have died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times


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