Mbabane, Swaziland

A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government's poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of...

The widowed Gogo (SiSwati for "granny") Thwala, 72, lives a life that relies heavily on her survival skills as she single-handedly raises three...

 Swaziland's ability to cope with its ongoing humanitarian crisis will not improve until its under-performing economy picks up, social welfare...

The escalating price of bread is the latest blow to Swazi households, already struggling with a parallel rise in the cost of maizemeal caused by the...

While aid agencies and the Swazi government scramble to keep a major catastrophe at bay, the mounting food crisis means more and more Swazis can...

Swaziland's continuing water crisis is jeopardising more than just food security: foreign investors are threatening to pull out, and employment...

The discovery of about eighty fetuses in a stream used by a peri-urban community in Swaziland has raised disturbing questions about the desperation...

One in every three female Swazis has experienced some form of sexual violence before turning 18, and two out of three aged 18 to 24, according to...

Circumstance, rather than planning, has placed the battle against HIV/AIDS firmly in the hands of Swaziland's 355 chiefdoms. The...

Swazis have become acquainted with the term "water rationing" as they struggle to cope with one of the longest dry periods in memory. "Water...