Vol 56 No 13 | ESWATINI Facing sanctions 26th June 2015 Momentum is building in Europe for sanctions over human rights abuses in Swaziland. European Union member states voted on 21 May for a resolution urging their leaders to reconsider...
Vol 54 No 20 | ESWATINI 'Failed feudal state' 3rd October 2013 The widely discredited 20 September election saw pro-royal politicians take nearly all 55 parliamentary seats. Traditional chiefs loyal to King Mswati III had vetted all the candid...
Vol 54 No 18 | ESWATINI New name, same game 6th September 2013 Inspired by a vision from God, King Mswati III has declared his country a ‘monarchical democracy’. This will make it clear to the international community that Swaziland...
Vol 53 No 12 | ESWATINI Mswati’s private party 8th June 2012 The tiny kingdom is in a deep economic crisis but the ruling monarch is determined to party on regardless The arrival of a new private jet for King Mswati III has brought fresh turbulence to the virtually bankrupt country. The future is more uncertain than ever now that Swaziland has p...
Vol 52 No 25 | ESWATINI Economy faces royal crisis 16th December 2011 Social unrest has been strong but not revolutionary. Could the cash shortage achieve what campaigners could not? Swaziland is resorting to desperate measures to meet its public sector payments amid fiscal problems that the International Monetary Fund warns have reached a 'critical stage'. Afr...
Vol 52 No 8 | ESWATINI Uprising put down 15th April 2011 The 12 April ‘uprising’ was heavily advertised so it was no surprise that the security forces outnumbered any who dared to go out on to the streets to protest. Riot police used wat...
Vol 52 No 5 | ESWATINI The King's budget 4th March 2011 Swaziland is suffering a severe economic crisis and the monarchy looks ill-equipped to survive it While rebellion has spread only within North Africa and the Middle East so far, monarchies all over the world fear the worst and Swaziland’s has more reasons than most to fear ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 10 | ESWATINI Mswati III 17th August 2010 King of Swaziland Of Taiwan's four African allies, the staunchest has been Swaziland. At independence from Britain in 1968, King Sobhuza II declared allegiance to Taipei. Despite China's rise in ...
Vol 46 No 9 | ESWATINI Democracy's a luxury 29th April 2005 The economy is failing and running out of food as King Mswati buys a $500,000 limousine Swaziland has become synonymous with royal extravagance, in an absolute monarchy whose sovereigns have long resisted local and international pressure for democracy. The ruling clas...
Vol 43 No 19 | ESWATINI King and pawns 27th September 2002 Absolute monarchy may be benign but donors and neighbours don't like it One of Africa's most traditional states may be in for the shock of a modern constitution. As pressure for change builds up both at home and abroad, a committee headed by Prince Dav...