Swaziland News

“While this is necessary to provide immediate assistance, it still fails to specify conditions where it will be given, and focuses on the crisis nature of emergencies instead of the nature of need.”

The impact of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, which has nine of the world's most affected countries, needs to be reassessed as a "humanitarian emergency" on its own, enabling interventions to be made timeously, a ... via AlertNet

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will receive the credentials of two new High Commissioners and five new Ambassadors in the Reception Room at Rideau Hall on ... via Market Wire

The Slinger Column takes pride in being the leading purveyor of information about the $897 million program that established Canada's current submarine fleet. via The Toronto Star

“I get involved because I care. I had a choice with what to do with my life, and I chose to make a contribution to humanity”

Media Credit: Anya Vaverko Cedza Dlamini speaks in Ritsche Auditorium about youth activism. via University Chronicle

“We want to seek redress for this unfortunate delay and to bring finality to the matter. It must be borne in mind that we're dealing with human beings here. Though dead their dignity needs to be protected”

Melinah and Jumaima have been in a mourning hut for nearly five years Two widows of a Swazi man who remains unburied nearly five years after his death because of a chieftaincy dispute have appealed for an end ... via BBC

“The Gambia is a nation with dignity that cannot be bribed, it will always stand on the side of justice and truth and continue to lend its staunch support to Taiwan.”

As President Chen Shui-bian hob-nobbed with the leaders of Taiwan's African allies last week, one could wonder what the "progressive" in last month's Taiwan-Africa Progressive Partnership Forum referred to. via The Taipei Times

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini used the weekend's Reed Dance ceremony to spread his influence at Ngwavuma, in the far north of KwaZulu-Natal, an area that is claimed by the Swazi government and where a local ... via Independent Online

“The attempt of the Taiwan authorities to join the U.N. was once again foiled”

Against the backdrop of a nearly 30 percent increase in trade between China and Africa this year, the Chinese foreign minister thanked a group of African countries for their support in defeating Taiwan's bid to ... via Sudan Tribune

“We call upon industrialized countries, who have a history of producing these emissions, to take serious steps to reduce them”

Addressing the Assembly's annual high-level debate, Armando Emi Guebuza said increases in extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels and other effects of climate change are "felt more harshly in developing ... via United Nations