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Eswatini–United States relations arebilateral relations betweenEswatini and theUnited States.
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The United States seeks to maintain and strengthen the bilateral relations that have existed since the kingdom became independent in 1968. U.S. policy stresses continued economic and political reform and improved industrial relations.
The United States assists Eswatini with a number ofHIV/AIDS initiatives and programs implemented through theU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),Centers for Disease Control (CDC), thePeace Corps,African Development Foundation, theDepartment of Labor, and theDepartment of Defense. In addition, the U.S. supports small enterprise development, education, military training, institutional and human resources development, agricultural development, and trade capacity building. The U.S. is also the largest bilateral donor to theGlobal Fund, Swaziland's principal HIV/AIDS funding source. The U.S. Government sends about 4 Swazi professionals to the United States each year, from both the public and private sectors, primarily for master's degrees, and about 5 others for three- to four-week International Visitor programs.
In 2003, Peace Corps volunteers returned to Swaziland after a nine-year absence. The current Peace Corps/Swaziland program, Community Health Project, focuses on HIV/AIDS and provides assistance in the execution of two components of the HIV/AIDS national strategy—risk reduction and mitigation of the impact of the disease. Volunteers encourage youth to engage in appropriate behaviors that will reduce the spread of HIV; they work with children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and they assist in capacity building for non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations.
On 16 July 2025, as part of its third-country deportation program, the Trump administration deported five migrants fromCuba,Jamaica,Laos,Vietnam, andYemen to Eswatini, stating that the migrants had been convicted of serious crimes. An Eswatini government spokesperson has stated that the migrants pose no threat to the public and that the government would repatriate the migrants to their home countries.[1]
On 18 July 2025, an Eswatini government spokesperson confirmed that the five deportees were being held in solitary confinement until they could be sent back to their home countries.[2][3]
Principal U.S. officials include Chargé d'Affairs and Deputy Chief of Mission Caitlin Piper. The U.S. maintains an embassy inMbabane, Eswatini.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
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