Angolan security forces are waging a campaign of terror — including sexual abuse — on Congolese migrants who cross the border illegally.
The South African Customs Union will give Swaziland a R400-million bailout in its next quarterly revenue payments to help the cash-strapped kingdom.
One of Angola’s most senior police officers is accused of stealing $3.7-million and then paying a hit man to murder a colleague.
A Swazi businessman who claims he was left penniless after the king’s office "took over" his guesthouse has been prevented from taking legal action.
Swazi democracy activists have urged SA not to give their country financial assistance, likening bailouts to giving money to a drunken wife-beater.
The suspension of a highly respected Swazi judge for allegedly insulting King Mswati III is seen as a direct attack on Swaziland’s judiciary.
Labour unions are planning a series of further strikes to voice their feelings about proposed wage cuts and to lobby the government to resign.
Negotiations are under way to set in motion a long-term plan to boost trade among 26 countries around Africa, but analysts are sceptical about it.
Angola’s long standing ‘unelected’ leader José dos Santos may not stand in next year’s election.
Swazi democracy campaigners have called off their planned boycott of the Bushfire Festival, due to take place at the end of this month.
Swazi democracy activists are calling for artists and fans to boycott the country’s world-renowned Bushfire Festival later this month.
Swaziland’s trade unions have vowed to continue peaceful protest aimed at pressuring the government to step down.
The Swazi government’s heavy-handed reaction to this week’s protest marches could lead to international trade sanctions.
Pro-democracy flames have been fanned and may be increasingly hard to extinguish.
Cash-strapped Swaziland is on course for an African Development Bank loan worth $145-million to help plug its widening budget deficit.
War and chaotic infrastructure planning have left the river-rich country with a dire sanitation system.
Proud polygamist King Mswati III has gained worldwide notoriety for his lavish lifestyle and fondness of women.
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/ 18 February 2011
A change to customs revenue-sharing agreements has left the Swazi kingdom terminally short of money, exposing King Mswati III.
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/ 28 January 2011
Swaziland is on the brink of economic collapse and risks social upheaval if it cannot curb its excesses, said the International Monetary Fund.
Increased trade and investment ‘will lead to better regional development for all’.
An international lobby group has urged the Angolan government to release four activists serving what they call "politically motivated" jail sentences.
Official visit signals an end to a standoff that goes back a long way.
Lax immunisation has resulted in outbreaks in formerly virus-free zones on the continent.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angola’s economy may be booming on the back of high oil prices and strong diamond exports, but unemployment stands at about 65%.