Hundreds of young women and girls wearing colourful skirts and necklaces danced before Eswatini's King Mswati III on Saturday, during a centuries-old, coming-of-age ceremony in Africa's last absolute ...

Eswatini's King Mswati III (C), South Africa's Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini (L) and former Botswana President Ian Khama (2nd R) arrive for the 2024 Umhlanga Reed ...

The United Democratic Front in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) has called on parents of Swati girls to pull their children out of the King's annual Reed dance, labelling it a paedophile festival. The ...

As Swaziland gets ready for the annual Umhlanga or Reed Dance Festival media across the world are falling for King Mswati III's propaganda. At the forefront are the travel media which report the Reed ...

Engagement of Nomcebo Zuma, 21, to King Mswati, 56, confirmed at annual Umhlanga reed dance A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, ...

While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan’s last remaining ally on the continent, will be hosting thousands of people at a ...