The king of Swaziland has announced that his country had changed its name to eSwatini to mark 50 years since independence from British rule.


He said the move was also necessary to stop the country from being confused with Switzerland.


Meaning 'place of the Swazi', eSwatini is the Swazi language name for the tiny nation landlocked betweenSouth Africa and Mozambique.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5635823/King-Swaziland-renames-country-Kingdom-eSwatini-mark-50-years-independence.html

King Mswati III declared the name change during independence day celebrations at a packed sports stadium he said he did not want his country to be confused with Switzerland.


The king said the name 'Swaziland' had caused confusion.

'Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland,' he said.

Unlike some countries, Swaziland did not change its name when it gained independence in 1968 after being a British protectorate for more than 60 years.

King Mswati III declared the name change during independence day celebrations at a packed sports stadium in the second city of Manzini.


'I would like to announce that Swaziland will now revert to its original name,' he said, wearing red military uniform.'


African countries on getting independence reverted to their ancient names before they were colonised.

So from now on the country will be officially be known as the Kingdom of eSwatini.'



The country, which has a population of about 1.3 million people.

The name change could mean that the country's constitution is re-written, as well as changes for the Royal Swaziland Police Force, the Swaziland Defence Force and the University of Swaziland.


After independence, Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, Nyasaland became Malawi, and Bechuanal and became Botswana.

FTC

Good for them

Cool

Wait..is it not the country that their women parade outside being unclad....

NIGERIA NEEDS SAME
WE WERE RAPED BY LUGARD Conglomearating Three Big Tribes To One

This King carries weight.
Not an easy feat changing the name of a nation.

the coward of a king was threatened by switzerland govt. why cant Switzerland change their own name to avoid confusion

why not kuku name it tiny once and for all. ewo no eswatini name wen my phone come dey underline as error.

Nice...

Population of 1.3m only, hell of a small country.

they got name even more confusing

Nice Move but will it change how you see yourself inferior to the white? Will it change the poverty level in your country?
80% of your citizens has not even move close to an airport not to mention traveling abroad, so how will the name affect them positively.
It is more or less,we changing Nigeria name to something more beautiful and appealing when we still have a man disgracing us everywhere and every time.

Waiting for Nigeria to follow same path. Flora shaw had no biz naming this Country

We will get use to it, soon!

good

African...Africans! As long as that Nation remains under the crown of that Kabiesi with uncountable wives, even if the country is renamed Paradise, na lie. See his oversized belle.

Ok

so we should change our own too and fry our flag Abi?

there business

Waiting for number 1 King in Nigeria ( Oni of Ife)

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He said the move was also necessary to stop the country from being confused with Switzerland.

I love the above reason.

I used to be confused with these two countries a lot.

I surfer from my geography teacher's whip before I knew they were different.
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Is he not the one with 15 wives?