Africa Eswatini King Mswati III - considered Africa's last absolute ruler - is under pressure to institute reforms and introduce multi-party democracy, as student protests continue and security forces are deployed to suppress them
Africa Eswatini The Eswatini Paralympic Committee has made public its intention to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics; local paralympic athletes have long been unable to compete because there was no local committee to present them, which now exists
Africa Eswatini Penuel Malinga, secretary general of Eswatini's main and largest political party, visited the family of Raymond Mthembu, a University of Eswatini student who committed suicide because of delays in the payment of allowances by the government
Africa Eswatini Archaeologists claim to have discovered the oldest known evidence of intensive ochre mining anywhere in the world, at least 48.000 years ago, in Lion Cave at Ngwenya in Eswatini
Africa Eswatini The Mbabane City Council approved a 5% increase in property rates for the financial year 2025/2026, an increase that will affect about 130 properties; land rates are also set to increase slightly