Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured King Mswati III ...

1. Swaziland is the world’s smallest monarchy and the smallest country in the Southern hemisphere. 2. The country is named after Mswati II who was king from 1840-1868 and greatly extended the area of ...

1. The King of Swaziland, Mswati III, has ruled the country since 1986. 2. He was the son of one of the younger wives of his predecessor, Sobhuza II, and from 1983-86 attended Sherborne School in ...

The African country celebrated 50 years of independence Thursday. PRETORIA, South Africa -- Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, has changed its name to the Kingdom of eSwatini. King ...

Swaziland national council of arts and culture, , ministry of sport, culture and youth affairs, ministry of tourism and environmental affairs, swaziland national trust commission, ministry of ...

Traditionalists in Swaziland have been gloating that because 'only' 36 percent of people surveyed in the kingdom wanted political parties it proved the present system of autocratic monarchy was the ...

Sept 19 (Reuter) - Forty years after Swaziland first gained independence from Britain there are growing calls for the monarchy to introduce democratic reforms in the landlocked mountain kingdom. The ...