Swaziland News

Mounds of food aid intended for Swaziland's food insecure were recently found rotting in the government's main storage warehouses at the Matsapha Industrial Estate, about 25km east of the capital, Mbabane.

Percy Simelane, the Swaziland Government's official spokesperson, misled people when he told media, 'Everyone is free to speak about the elections and [they can do it] anywhere.' Simelene was responding to a question by the Swazi Observer newspaper after Witwatersrand University in South Africa hosted a dialogue on the national election due in ... (more)

The independent Kingdom of Swaziland lies between Mozambique and South Africa and forms part of the Southern African region.

Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, fled to England from the southern African nation as a teenager after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, a notoriously oppressive ruler known for his lavish lifestyle.

King of Swaziland Mswati III and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012.

A young woman is seeking asylum in Britain after she spurned the advances of the polyamorous King Mswati III of Swaziland and refused to join his harem of 13 wives.

Members of political parties advocating for democracy in Swaziland will not be allowed to become members of the Swazi Senate, the kingdom's Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has decreed.

Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a "rubber-stamp" poll.

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini can't be running a democracy if no challenge to the monarchy or state is possible, writes Musa Ndlangamandla.

King of Swaziland Mswati III and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012.

PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 3, Armenia's and Swaziland's permanent representatives to the UN, Karen Nazarian and Zwelethu Mnisi signed a joint statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

It was astonishing that a Mail & Guardian article could claim Morocco's King Mohammed VI as "one of only two constitutional monarchs on the continent together with Swaziland's King Mswati III". Why did the M&G 's Page 24 not also read Page 35, in the same issue, on repression in Swaziland? It is indeed appropriate to group together the Moroccan and ... (more)

Workers in Britain mobilising for May Day events tomorrow or the coming days should spare a thought for fellow trade unionists in Swaziland who would like nothing better than to freely celebrate international workers day.

Chris Matthews is leaving "The Chris Matthews Show," his nationally syndicated politics talk show on NBC, whose last episode will air July 21, reports TVNewser .

A youth leader in Swaziland has been charged with sedition because he allegedly tried to organise a meeting to discuss the forthcoming elections in the kingdom.

King Mswati III's US$3.6 million birthday party was privately sponsored and did not cost the Swazi people anything, the government has claimed.

Since independence, Swaziland has tried to square the circle by running a modern democracy and an absolute monarchy in parallel.

WAM Abu Dhabi, 25th April 2013 -- No visa is required for UAE citizens traveling to the Kingdom of Swaziland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today.