Mbabane

Reports from the capital, Mbabane, said calm prevailed at the polling stations on Friday morning.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the executive capital, Mbabane, and elsewhere, with many burning and looting businesses in which the king holds a stake.

There are chaotic scenes in the capital, Mbabane, where a journalist told the BBC residents have been fleeing, with traffic jams leading out the city and cars queuing at petrol stations for fuel.

The school’s fluorescent lighting and worn linoleum were in marked contrast to his own alma mater, a private school on a verdant hillside in Mbabane, Swaziland.

“I’m not surprised to be here,” said Dlamini, 25, of Mbabane, Swaziland.