Two U.S. government personnel (described in some reports as diplomats or officials) were accidentally shot and sustained minor injuries on the night of Friday, 11 September 2026, when Eswatini soldiers opened fire on their vehicle at a military roadblock in Maphiveni, in the eastern Lubombo region near the Mozambique border.
Soldiers from the Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force (UEDF) were conducting an anti-smuggling operation and had…
