Africa eSwatini Committed to prioritising food security and self-sufficiency through increasing agricultural productivity per area, diversifying crops and commercialising smallholder agriculture, the government released a variety of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
Africa eSwatini Eswatini Electric Co. is weighing a plan to build an infrastructure that would use gas from neighboring Mozambique to generate electricity
Africa eSwatini Médecins Sans Frontières is supporting through mobile vaccination sites the Ministry of Health's campaign to increase vaccination coverage in the Shiselweni region, an area with vulnerable people in remote communities far from health facilities
Africa eSwatini Eswatini has been listed among the countries that will take part in a study and research for male contraceptive pills, as announced on the World Health Organisation website
Africa eSwatini Students gathered at the Luyengo campus of the University of Eswatini burnt the portrait of King Mswati III, amid pro-democracy demonstrations showing no sign of letting up
Africa eSwatini The country started the new year with a relatively low debt-to-GDP ratio, ranking well in the Southern African Customs Union; the figure is €26,8 billion, which is equivalent to 38,4% of GDP
Africa eSwatini A communication platform, #factsonly, has been developed, which seeks to clear up misconceptions and falsehoods about the government by informing the public through what are termed as "just facts" about government; the developers are yet to be revealed
Africa eSwatini US President Biden has issued a presidential proclamation lifting travel restrictions to the country
Africa eSwatini An article was recently published examining newspaper coverage and representation of the pandemic in the country, in particular the Times of Eswatini and the Eswatini Observer
Africa eSwatini IsraAID, the largest humanitarian organisation in Israel, is supporting the Ministry of Health with a virtual software monitoring system called the Vaccine Control Room (VCR), to aid the efficient distribution of vaccines
Africa eSwatini Former member of parliament Simelane has formed a new political party, the Swaziland Liberation Movement, SWALIMO, launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, as political activism remains banned; the aim is to intensify their call for electoral reform
Africa eSwatini The first ever currency museum opened at the Central Bank of Eswatini in Mbabane to preserve the historical legacy of the country’s currency for the benefit of present and future generations
Africa eSwatini Students through the Eswatini Solidarity Fund organised the viewing of the documentary 'The Unthinkable | Eswatini Brutality of Armed Forces' about the violence in the country to raise awareness of the violent oppression of these pro-democracy protesters