Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Source: IRIN Why are condoms so unpopular? This question has baffled and discouraged health experts for a decade, but in Swaziland the mystery of why men and women refuse to use condoms is slowly being unravelled by a project that is getting Swazi men to open up about their condom use, or lack thereof.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Mbabane, Mbabane, Swaziland a
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Source: IRIN Hannie Thulasiwe Dlamini is approaching 40 years of age, a feat most people in Swaziland considered impossible when he became the first person in the country to publicly declare his HIV-positive status in 1995.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) - a global network of more than 2,500 civil society organizations - Friday called on Kingdom of Swaziland "to accede to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, without delay."
Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Galp Energia has signed an agreement to buy Royal Dutch Shell fuel businesses in Mozambique, Swaziland and Gambia, for a total amount of $55 million.
Who are Americans? (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The PRODUCT RED campaign was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver to help African women and children affected by HIV/AIDS by selling (PRODUCT) RED branded products. Every time you purchase a RED branded product, $10 is donated to help people in Ghana, Swaziland and Rwanda and other countries. So far over $60-million have been donated to The [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The Limpopo province and the Kingdom of Swaziland are to improve trade co-operation through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
IOL (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Swaziland will register voters for parliamentary elections, the electoral commission has announced.
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
FADER Films' Michael Skolnick finally released Without the King , his documentary about Swaziland's King Mswati III ( NY Times review here ), and it's still showing in New York! It just got extended at the Quad Cinemas at 34 W. 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Aves) after a successful first weekend. GO SEE IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
IOL (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Swaziland has opened a treatment centre that will provide free services to medical experts who contract HIV.
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
This profile of Africa's last ruling monarch, the King of Swaziland, contrasts the sharp divide between King Mswati III's luxurious life and the dire predicament of his people.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
NORMALLY ignored and hardly the focus of South African diplomacy, Swaziland yesterday was the subject of President Thabo Mbeki's attention when he held talks with King Mswati.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Film Reviews: "Without the king," Princess Sikhanyiso solemnly proclaims, "we have no culture." The culture in question belongs to the tiny African country of Swaziland, the only absolute monarchy left on the planet, and, not coincidentally, the country with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS and the lowest life expectancy.
SaltShaker (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
The government of Swaziland, one of Africa’s poorest and most Aids-ridden countries, has defended plans to spend nearly $2,5-million on celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of independence. Opposition deputies have called for the celebrations, which will also mark King Mswati III’s 40th birthday, to be scrapped or scaled down given that most of the [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
South Africa and Swaziland are to strengthen bilateral political and economic relations as President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to have discussions with Swaziland's King Mswati III on Wednesday.
