Every year, tourists and the international media converge on the kingdom of eSwatini for the reed dance - a ceremony where dancers, some as young as 11 dance bare-breasted and in ... Read more »
The project Swazi Secrets, coordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in cooperati Read more »
More than 30 girls apparently refused to take part in the annual Reed Dance where virgins from all over the kingdom are required to dance topless. Read more »
A report produced jointly by the International Commission of Jurists and Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse says that one in three girls in eSwatini will experience some form of ... Read more »
A newspaper owned by the royal family has hit back at U.S. Ambassador to eSwatini Lisa Peterson after she called for the kingdom's constitution to be changed to stop absolute ... Read more »
Initial reports said 38 girls were killed, later updated to 65 - but police have contradicted that death toll, saying 11 young women and two men died. Journalists are also ... Read more »
King Mswati III has taken a 19-year-old former beauty pageant contestant as his newest wife shortly after thousands of girls participated in the kingdom's annual Umhlanga or Reed ... Read more »
Preliminary reports by the Southern African Development Community and African Union observer missions to Eswatini have found last week's parliamentary elections were "peaceful" and ... Read more »
Ahead of eSwatini's 55th Independence Day on September 6, global civil society alliance CIVICUS and the eSwatini rights organisation Foundation for Socio Economic Justice has cal Read more »
Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September 29, 2023. But there's nothing remotely democratic in prospect. Andrew Firmin writes Read more »
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