Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening…

The Swazi government is being tight-lipped over details of a bailout package that has enabled the tiny kingdom to stay afloat.

The finance ministry has rubbished a report saying South Africa had granted Swaziland a R1.2-billion loan, saying a decision had yet to be made.

Swazi democracy campaigners have called off their planned boycott of the Bushfire Festival, due to take place at the end of this month.

Swaziland’s banned political groups on Friday condemned the kingdom’s political system as Africa’s last absolute monarchy went to the poll.