Eswatini opposition leader in critical condition after alleged poisoning

Mlungisi Makhanya stable in hospital in South Africa, where he was in exile from Africa's last absolute monarchy

The leader of Eswatini's main opposition party is in a critical but stable condition after allegedly being poisoned in what allies say is an assassination attempt.

Mlungisi Makhanya is in a hospital in South Africa after the alleged poisoning in the early hours of Tuesday at his home in the capital, Pretoria, where he was living in exile from Africa's last absolute monarchy, said Penuel Malinga, the secretary general of the People's United Democratic Movement (Pudemo).