Economy - Development | Politics
Southern Africa gets EPA deal with Europe
afrol News, 4 June - Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland today signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, opening their market access to Europe. Mozambique is said to be eager to join its signature to the pact as soon as possible.
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Human rights | Society
Swazi human rights lawyer arrested
afrol News, 3 June - Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer, has been arrested and is currently in police custody. He was initially charged under Swaziland's infamous and recently enacted Terrorism Act, but now faces charges under the Sedition Act.
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Politics | Human rights | Society
Swazi youth accuse SADC of double standards
afrol News, 20 March - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been accused of playing double standards, following its decision to sideline the new Madagascar administration. The Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) has charged following the SADC Troika decision yesterday. Read more
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Politics | Society
"Swaziland is now officially a military state"
afrol News, 19 November - Swaziland's now outlawed opposition party, Pudemo, warns that the Kingdom is now quickly turning into a military dictatorship, using its new terrorism legislation to deploy military police in the streets of Mbabane to chase peaceful dissidents.
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Labour | Politics
Swaziland bans intl civil rights meeting
afrol News, 14 October - Following royal orders, Swaziland's Prime Minister Bheki Dlamini has banned the regional Southern African Social Forum (SASF), to be hold in the kingdom later this week. The King feared the regional civil rights meeting could become "destabilising" for the monarchy.
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Politics | Human rights
COSATU campaigns for democracy in Zimbabwe and Swaziland
afrol News, 3 October - In a bid to build on momentum generated by recent congress of Southern African Trade Unions (COSATU), the body along with unions and progressive organisations of civil society from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, have agreed to develop a new strategy to take forward campaign for democracy in Zimbabwe and Swaziland. Read more
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» 19.09.2008 - Swaziland parliamentary elections kick off
» 18.09.2008 - Swazi police arrest protesters
» 17.09.2008 - Swaziland frees airwaves
» 02.09.2008 - Press muzzled ahead of Mswati media brief
» 08.08.2008 - Swaziland needs tighter spending discipline - IMF
» 24.07.2008 - Swaziland receives agricultural funding from FAO
» 03.04.2008 - Exiled Swazi hero murdered
» 25.02.2008 - One year since Swaziland's "Afrol affair"
» 27.06.2007 - Swazi journalists barred from hospitals
» 24.05.2007 - Swaziland faces food crisis
» 27.03.2007 - Swaziland addresses heavy-drinking reputation
» 13.03.2007 - Still no economic growth for Swaziland
» 04.01.2007 - 55% of Swazi women are overweight
» 29.11.2006 - IMF predicts negative growth for Swaziland
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