Africa, World

MBABANE Monday, October 20, 2008 (IRIN) - An international conference of NGOs dedicated to social change took place in Swaziland despite the...

MBABANE Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (IRIN) - The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is...

MBABANE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Thembe Manana, 40, left her job as a domestic worker in South Africa and returned to her village in...

MBABANE Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Gerry Tsabedze, 40, has made it his mission in life to help unfairly treated Swazi workers find legal...

MBABANE Thursday, November 20, 2008 (IRIN) - November, often the rainiest month of the year in Swaziland, has left most of the country awash with...

MBABANE Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister...

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - The South African government should aim for free universal education, backed up by teacher training...

JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - A new study estimates that more than 330,000 HIV-positive South Africans lost their lives between...

JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - On paper, South Africa has some of the world's best HIV workplace programmes, but on the ground they...

JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Desmond Doshane, 19, is one of 1.6 million newly registered South African voters. He will be casting...