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Swazi riot police cordon off on September 7, 2011 streets of Manzini, Swaziland's main city, to stop about 1,000 protesters from marching through the center. Protesters, brandishing sticks and branches tried, several times, to storm the police cordon, without success. Clashes erupted on the third consecutive day of protests against King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, who is accused of bankrupting the impoverished nation's treasury while enjoying a lavish life with his 13 wives. Swaziland fell into crisis when revenues from a regional customs union, the kingdom's main source of income, plunged 60 percent and left the government battling to keep schools and clinics running. AFP PHOTO / JINTY JACKSON (Photo credit should read Jinty Jackson/AFP/Getty Images)

Swazi riot police cordon off on September 7, 2011 streets of Manzini, Swaziland's main city, to stop about 1,000 protesters from marching through the center. Protesters, brandishing sticks and branches tried, several times, to storm the police cordon, without success. Clashes erupted on the third consecutive day of protests against King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, who is accused of bankrupting the impoverished nation's treasury while enjoying a lavish life with his 13 wives. Swaziland fell into crisis when revenues from a regional customs union, the kingdom's main source of income, plunged 60 percent and left the government battling to keep schools and clinics running. AFP PHOTO / JINTY JACKSON (Photo credit should read Jinty Jackson/AFP/Getty Images)
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