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eSwatini votes but the king holds absolute power

Africa

eSwatini votes but the king holds absolute power

By AFP

Banners and promises, but few doubt who will win polls in Africa’s last absolute monarchy

Africa

Banners and promises, but few doubt who will win polls in Africa’s last absolute monarchy

By Carien du Plessis

eSwatini tests the limits of its absolute monarchy

Africa

eSwatini tests the limits of its absolute monarchy

By ISS Today

eSwatini’s tinkhundla-based electoral system to be tested in potentially groundbreaking court case

Africa

eSwatini’s tinkhundla-based electoral system to be tested in potentially groundbreaking court case

By Carien du Plessis

Newsdeck

Swaziland orders schools to teach only Christianity

By AFP

Op-Ed: Absolute monarchy assumes chairmanship of SADC

Africa

Op-Ed: Absolute monarchy assumes chairmanship of SADC

By Peter Kenworthy

Op-Ed: Swazi king prepares lavish summit as population starves

Africa

Op-Ed: Swazi king prepares lavish summit as population starves

By Manqoba Nxumalo

Swaziland’s road to nowhere

Africa

Swaziland’s road to nowhere

By Greg Nicolson

Jay Naidoo in Swaziland, stop number one: police detention

South Africa

Jay Naidoo in Swaziland, stop number one: police detention

By Daily Maverick Staff Reporter

Annual protest against Swazi king, ver 2012

Africa

Annual protest against Swazi king, ver 2012

By Greg Nicolson

IMF: Swaziland on the verge of bankruptcy

Africa

IMF: Swaziland on the verge of bankruptcy

By Simon Allison

Swaziland, a kingdom desperately needing to enter 21st century

Africa

Swaziland, a kingdom desperately needing to enter 21st century

By J Brooks Spector