Africa: All of Africa Today – July 17, 2025

U.S. Deports Convicted Criminals to Eswatini, Sparks Outcry

The U.S. deported five people whom it described as “criminal illegal aliens” to Eswatini. The deportees are originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, and had been convicted of serious crimes such as murder and child rape. According to Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin, their home countries had refused to take them back, prompting the US to send them to Eswatini as a “safe third country.” Eswatini confirmed the…