Mswati III

Swazi opponent on terror charges

King Mswati III is one of the world's last absolute monarchs Swaziland's opposition leader is due in court after becoming the first person arrested under a new anti-terror law. Police arrested Mario Masuko, who leads the...

Tsvangirai 'Consulting' on All-Inclusive Govt in France

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who failed to attend his party's crucial national council to have a post-mortem of the outcome of Sadc Extraordinary Summit on the formation of an all-inclusive government on Friday, is...

Swazi opposition leader charged with terrorism

Swaziland opposition leader Mario Masuku was charged on Monday with terrorism and remanded in police custody, court officials said. Masuku, leader of the People's United Democratic Movement (Pudemo), was arrested on Saturday as...

Swaziland: Promise to Heal the Health Service

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Mbabane Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has vowed to reform the healthcare system. "If you don't do...

Swaziland: Grandmothers Shore Up a Crumbling Society

In a country barely the size of the U.S. state of New Jersey, a disease has taken hold. Nearly 40 percent of Swaziland's population is HIV-positive, and the other 60 percent lives at constant risk for the disease.

Domestic trouble at our man in South Africa's mansion

When Britain's first black cabinet minister, Paul Boateng, left Westminster, his close friend Tony Blair helped soften the blow by handing him the plum job of British high commissioner to South Africa – along with all its...

Swaziland: Gender Activists Want More Women in Parliament

Swazi gender activists are angry that King Mswati III and the newly elected Parliament have betrayed their hopes, and the Constitution, by not appointing more women to the House of Assembly and the Senate.

Congo-Kinshasa: No Military Solution, Warns Motlanthe

There is no military solution to the problems of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warned South African President Kgalema Motlanthe on Sunday, as he opened an emergency summit in Johannesburg of the heads of state and...

Swaziland: Gender Activists Want More Women in Parliament

Swazi gender activists are angry that King Mswati III and the newly elected Parliament have betrayed their hopes, and the Constitution, by not appointing more women to the House of Assembly and the Senate. ... Category: Africa

AIDS-hit Swaziland promotes circumcision

by Clare Nullis Associated Press MBABANE, Swaziland - They joined the ranks of hundreds of Swazi men who have opted for circumcision, after the U.N. said last year that it could cut the risk of contracting the HIV virus by as...

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