News Swaziland: U.S. Africa Command opens MEDFLAG 09 in Swaziland
In partnership with the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF), U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Africa kicked-off a two-week medical exercise with an opening ceremony at USDF headquarters in Swaziland, August 3, 2009.
News Swaziland: Swaziland Turns Tables on Chief Justice
Controversial Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi has long been accused of abusing power in flagrant defiance of the law and judicial propriety, both in Swaziland and his native Lesotho. Now he is the one in the dock after Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini fired the justice minister and arrest warrants were issued for Ramodibedi and his judicial allies.
News Swaziland: Swaziland king says the country 'will now revert to its original name'
The African country celebrated 50 years of independence Thursday. PRETORIA, South Africa -- Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, has changed its name to the Kingdom of eSwatini. King ...
News Swaziland: A malaria elimination catch up- Algeria leads the way
The Algerian government also prioritised investment in well-trained ... Four of these are low transmission countries- Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland, with goals of elimination by 2020, ...
News Swaziland: Caf Champions League: Zesco United to treat every match like final - Lwandamina
Zesco United head coach George Lwandamina regards every Caf Champions League match as a final after his side claimed a 2-0 win over Green Mamba of Swaziland. Saturday's match saw new striker Umaru ...
News Swaziland: eSwatini report: Ministers must tighten belts to help lift economy
travel and entertainment allowances as part of attempts to revive the economy of the southern African country formerly known as Swaziland. A Royal Commission tasked with investigating how politicians ...
News Swaziland: eSwatini to slash expenses on ministers amid economic crunch
travel and entertainment allowances as part of attempts to revive the economy of the southern African country formerly known as Swaziland. A Royal Commission tasked with investigating how politicians ...
News Swaziland: South Africa’s ‘moral compromise’: Why more than 300 apartheid-era atrocities remain unsolved
Her parents took a three-hour bus trip from the farming town of Bethal in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province to the University of Swaziland to attend her graduation, desperately hoping that she would ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland: LGBTI Discrimination in Swaziland Leads to Big Mental Health Issues, Report Finds
LGBTI people in Swaziland/eSwatini suffer mental health issues and many have attempted suicide because of the way they are discriminated against in the kingdom. This has prompted the authors of ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland Industrial Court Paves Way for Public Servants to Strike Legally
The Industrial Court in Swaziland has ruled that public service workers must make a new application before they can legally strike. Unions have been in dispute with government over cost of living ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland: Six Children Die As Diarrhoea Once Again Strikes Swaziland
Six children died from diarrhoea in four days in Swaziland / eSwatini and about another 1,000 others have been treated for the infection caused by the rota virus, a senior official said on Monday. ...
News Swaziland: Author shares intel on New York Times story about Dallas Zoo
Zoo tour In 2016, Siebert visited all three zoos, then went to Swaziland in the fall. He turned in his story in December. The story wasn't published immediately. To stay up to date on the ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland: Eswatini Closer to Elimination of Intestinal Worms As Public Health Problem
The Kingdom of Eswatini is getting closer to ending intestinal worms as a public health problem in line with the World Health Organization's 2020 Roadmap on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The country reached an impressive 98% of eligible school aged children with medicines for intestinal worms in the fourth round of Mass Medicine Administration (MMA) campaign conducted recently.
News Swaziland: Contraception and women at high risk of HIV: Solutions under the spotlight
Over 60 global leaders representing 12 countries have written an open letter to the World Health Organisation asking it to tread carefully when reviewing its guidelines on recommending the use of contraceptive methods by women at high risk of contracting HIV following the results of the Echo Tr...
News Swaziland: Swaziland Falls Short On Eliminating Human Trafficking, but Is Making Efforts, Says New Report
The Government of Swaziland/eSwatini does not does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of people trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, according to the latest annual report from the United States State Department.
News Swaziland: Swaziland MP Accuses Phone Company MTN of Bugging Callers
In August 2011 Wikileaks published a cable from the US Embassy in Swaziland that revealed the Swazi Government had tried to get MTN, then the only mobile phone provider in the kingdom, to use its ...
News Swaziland: Export of goods from Swaziland 2017
The statistic shows the value of goods exported from Swaziland from 2007 to 2017. All figures are estimates. In 2017, goods with an estimated value of around 2.02 billion U.S. dollars were exported from Swaziland.
News Swaziland: Import of goods to Swaziland 2017
The statistic shows the value of goods imported to Swaziland from 2007 to 2017. All figures are estimates. In 2017, goods with an estimated value of around 1.62 billion U.S. dollars were imported to Swaziland.
