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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Police in Swaziland have warned 'random' men not to loiter near camps housing tens of thousands of supposed virgins during the forthcoming Reed Dance or Umhlanga ceremony. In the past men found in ...

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 ...

Eswatini turned 55 on Wednesday. Taiwan was a prominent attendee at the celebrations. Eswatini's government says the country's development is worthy of celebration but civil society activists don't ...

Nomceba Zuma, 21, was among 5,000 people from around the small kingdom at the annual Reed Dance at the Ludzidzini Royal Village at Lobamba, 23 kilometres (14 miles) southeast of the capital Mbabane.