The king of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the “Kingdom of eSwatini” to mark the 50th anniversary of independence – and to avoid confusion with ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — King Mswati III of Swaziland is an absolute monarch, so what he says goes. But over the course of his 32-year rule, he has mostly gained international attention for how he has spent ...

Swaziland's King Mswati III ascended to the throne 25 years ago but he has little to celebrate during his silver jubilee. An absolute monarch who rules over 1.2 million people, his government is in ...

I had a home in Africa near the base of the looming Sebibi Rock. The Tropic of Capricorn runs across the Great Escarpment 500km to the north, and our sprawling house on a hillside close to the ...

In the week of Swaziland’s annual Reed Dance, tens of thousands of virgin girls trek across the southern African kingdom to the Queen Mother’s royal residence, Ludzidzini. On the banks of the Little ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Shortly after dawn, Christiaan Erasmus dons a cashmere poncho and steps ...

THE king of an African country has abruptly changed his nation’s name — because he said it sounded too much like Switzerland. King Mswati III made the surprise announcement on Wednesday that the ...

The prospect of changing a country's name may seem like a rather daunting undertaking, but not for the king of Swaziland. King Mswati III declared the country will now be known as the Kingdom of ...

“In traditional Swazi society,” Swaziland’s King Sobhuza II once observed, “a latecomer often gets the best cut of meat.” As Britain’s last colonial claim on the African continent except for breakaway ...

Mahlanya, Swaziland – The 300 or so pictures of “the ideal man” drawn by boys joining a male-mentoring charity in Swaziland are almost always the same. They depict a solitary and solemn figure who ...

The prospect of changing a country's name may seem like a rather daunting undertaking, but not for the king of Swaziland. King Mswati III declared the country will now be known as the Kingdom of ...