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King Mswati

Nigeria to sell two presidential jets ‘to cut waste’

Nigeria is selling two of its 10 presidential jets in a bid to “cut down on waste”, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman has said. Adverts for the Falcon 7X executive jet and Hawker 4000 are to appear in newspapers, Garba Shehu said. Some of the other presidential aircraft are be handed to the Nigerian air force […]

Swazi King’s Reed Dance goes on after tragedy

The main event of Swaziland’s Reed Dance – in which one of the tens of thousands of topless maidens dancing before King Mswati was selected as the polygamous ruler’s 15th bride – was held as scheduled late Monday afternoon. This is despite several dozen teenage girls being killed in a road accident on Friday while […]

‘Mugabe losing it’: Swazi deputy PM

President Robert Mugabe’s discomfort in working with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was clear right from the first day of the coalition government as he vowed that his erstwhile foe would not get anything much from their marriage of convenience.

CZC solidarity with the people of Swaziland

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition stands in solidarity with human rights organisations, students, political and labour movements in Swaziland in their quest for freedom, democracy and good governance. Since Tuesday 12 April 2011 the Swaziland government quashed a peaceful demonstration organised by pro- democracy activists.