Mbabane, Eswatini — The sentencing Tuesday in Eswatini of two former members of parliament to lengthy prison terms on charges of terrorism marks a significant escalation in the tensions between ...

Eswatini’s parliament should provide sufficient resources to protect women against violence and to effectively implement the 2023-2027 National Strategy to End Violence in Eswatini, Human Rights ...

Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and one of the few remaining in the world. King Mswati III, 55, has been the monarch since 1986, when ...

Twenty-five percent of Eswatini’s rural communities lack clean drinking water, according to the charity WaterAid. And another 40% do not have access to water. Nokukhanya Musi has the story from ...

On January 21, 2023, Maseko was fatally shot through the window at his home, where he sat with his two children, ages 10 and 6, in Luhleko, Bhunya, around 50 kilometers from the capital, Mbabane.

Cedric Chirwa, president of the Eswatini Schools Committee and Parents Association “We have known of seasonal influenza and pink eye, but mpox is a new concern for us,” said Cedric Chirwa, president ...

Three Eswatini chiefdoms overcome rivalry to preserve indigenous forest. Illegal poaching of wildlife and plants in Jilobi Forest threatens the biodiversity hotspot in the Southern African kingdom.

Fifty one men and eight women were elected to Eswatini's parliament in last week's election, with a strong showing for pro-royalist candidates in results expected to make little difference to the ...

Eswatini is rated "Not Free" by the U.S.-based organisation Freedom House, which says the king exercises ultimate authority over all branches of the national government and effectively controls ...

In 1968, the British High Commission territory of Swaziland became an independent monarchy called Eswatini—at which point it pretty much disappeared into a thousand crossword puzzles. However ...

MBABANE, Eswatini. Voting in legislative elections started peacefully on Friday morning in the kingdom of Eswatini which recently witnessed a spate of pro-democracy protests.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Eswatini's main opposition leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt, his party claimed Wednesday, putting renewed scrutiny on the southern African country that ...