SWAZILAND: The crescent of drought
MBABANE, 20 November 2008 (IRIN) - November, often the rainiest month of the year in Swaziland, has left most of the country awash with flash floods; but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of yet another drought year in which food aid will be needed.
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SWAZILAND: Promise to heal the health service
MBABANE, 14 November 2008 (IRIN) - Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has vowed to reform the healthcare system.
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SWAZILAND: Gerry Tsabedze, "The poor have rights, but they don't know them"
MBABANE, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) - Gerry Tsabedze, 40, has made it his mission in life to help unfairly treated Swazi workers find legal redress.
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DRC: What will stop the fighting?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
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SWAZILAND: A tale of two countries
MBABANE, 28 October 2008 (IRIN) - The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is classified as a "middle-income country". How come?
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SWAZILAND: Govt fails to stop "terrorist" meeting
MBABANE, 20 October 2008 (IRIN) - An international conference of NGOs dedicated to social change took place in Swaziland despite the government banning the meeting on grounds of public safety; it had alleged some of the delegates were supporters of terrorism.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: The economic future may be darker
JOHANNESBURG, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - Africa's marginalisation in the global financial system will not spare it the repercussions of the market meltdown affecting the rest of the world, but how hard its economies will be hit is unclear.
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SWAZILAND: A cow in the field is worth two in the EU
MBABANE, 15 October 2008 (IRIN) - Swaziland's failure to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union (EU) market is being attributed to poor animal husbandry, high livestock mortality rates, and cultural practices that deter farmers from selling their cattle.
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SWAZILAND: Go west young man or woman
MBABANE, 9 October 2008 (IRIN) - King Mswati has directed Swaziland's college graduates to leave the country to find employment, admitting that a lack of jobs at home gives them no alternative.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: "Sunny and dry" is an unwelcome forecast
JOHANNESBURG, 25 September 2008 (IRIN) - At least six countries in Southern Africa could receive poor rainfall during the critical planting season starting next month, says an early forecast for the 2008/09 agricultural season.
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