King Mswati III
Taiwan and Swaziland are like "sworn brothers" who can always count on each other's support, President Tsai Ing-wen said during her speech at a ceremony Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African kingdom's independence and the 50th birthday of King Mswati III.
"I would like to announce that Swaziland will now revert to its original name", the king said at a packed sports stadium Manzina, the country's second city, AFP news agency reported.
The kingdom has been known as Swaziland while under British colonial rule and continued with the name after independence.
The name translates to "land of the Swazis", and the king has reportedly been using it to refer to the country for a while now, and even at the 2017 UN General Assembly.
"African countries on getting independence reverted to their ancient names before they were colonised".
Accordingly citizens of the kingdom without gender differentiation would henceforth be known as eMaswati.
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The king, who wore a red and black military uniform and rode in an open auto into the stadium, said he wanted his country to have a name people could identify with.
'Whenever we go overseas, people refer to us as Switzerland, ' he said.
The move has been mooted for several years, with lawmakers considering the issue in 2015.
King Mswati III ascended to the throne after the death of his father in 1986, becoming the youngest reigning monarch at the age of 18.
The king's impoverished nation, which is a member of the Commonwealth, has the highest rate in the world of HIV/AIDS, with 27% of adults infected.
Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, Nyasaland became Malawi, and Bechuanaland became Botswana.
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