The US Embassy In Eswatini on Tuesday night said all flights to the troubled kingdom had been suspended amid escalating pro-democracy protests.
“The government of Eswatini has announced a curfew from 6pm to 5am effective immediately,” said the statement issued by the US embassy.
“Civil arrest continues in Eswatini, including the burning and looting of stores, cars, and businesses”.
The embassy said all flights out of KMIII International Airport had been suspended until further notice.
Internet services were expected to be degraded after service providers were ordered to shut down. WhatApp was likely to be affected, the embassy warned.
A day of drama, in which South African media reported that King Mswati III had fled his country, ended with the kingdom’s 53-year-old royal rejecting the reports as false.
He tweeted: “I have not run away. Am still in my Kingdom #KingMswati #eSwatini“
The Economic Freedom Fighters of Swaziland said the military and police had been deployed.
Rights bodies have raised concerns about the use of the military to put down the protests in the tiny kingdom of just more than one million people.
A video was trending of a fuel station that was said to have been set alight by protesters involved in running battles with the army.
With no end in sight to the violent protests, schools have been ordered to close immediately.
