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Swaziland SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Swaziland when you search their database on the word "Swaziland": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Swaziland. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Swaziland. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Swaziland, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Swaziland in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Swaziland. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Swaziland and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Swaziland. Write "Swaziland" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Swaziland, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Swazi and non-Swazi newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Swaziland, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Swaziland.
The Press in SwazilandSwaziland Business offers a daily service of economic news about the country, with links to some related government sites of Swaziland and Africa. The Swazi News is almost daily updated and offers news of all topics about Swaziland, with a good coverage on economy and also covering Africa as a whole. English. The Swazi Observer was the first Swaziland newspaper on the web. It offers ample features on national news, but it has not been updated since 1997... maybe it has closed down. English.
Press reporting about SwazilandAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Swaziland of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Swaziland. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Swaziland page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Swaziland archive, where articles from the last months about Swaziland figure. NewAfrica, Swaziland offers interesting information about Swazi infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Swaziland. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Swaziland.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Swaziland page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Swaziland offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesThe Swaziland Government
Online offers updated news, reports, policy documents and links to
the government ministries. Transnational Institutions: Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional, transnational organisation. The working languages of SADC are English, French and Portuguese. Site mostly in English and informative. You can also go directly to their Swaziland Country Profile.
About Swazi government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Swaziland, with special information about some cities, like Mbabane.
Companies
Culture
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Swaziland Page. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Swaziland concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Swaziland offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Swaziland Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) has a presentation site hosted by COSATU. Presents well the ongoing courageous struggle to obtain basic labour rights in this authocratic kingdom.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Swaziland.
General Information/Read about SwazilandThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Swaziland, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA Factbook
2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. History: To read a brief chronology of Swazi history from 1822 to 1989, this page gives you an excerpt from Blaustein & Flanz (1991) book. Excellent background reading. Infoplease.com contains a page about Swaziland with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Swaziland offers interesting information about Swazi infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.
World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on Swaziland. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country. You can order books about Swaziland on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Swaziland is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Swaziland. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Swaziland, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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