http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/748/ en_GB_uk Swaziland http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84163 A trip in a chartered jet by King Mswati's wives to the Middle East has angered Swaziland women, who took to the streets of Mbabane protesting against the extravagant lifestyle of the royal family. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/158702/1/ The Nation Magazine of Swaziland has recorded a rare media victory in the country through a High Court decision to grant the paper a reprieve in a case in which they had been ordered to pay over US$15,000 for defamation http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/158228/1/ On February 7, 2008 the privately-owned Nation monthly magazine was ordered to pay E120,000 (approximately US$20,000) to a civil servant for defamation of character by the High Court of Swaziland http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/158101/1/ On February 7, 2008 the privately-owned Nation monthly magazine was ordered to pay E120,000 (approximately US$20,000) to a civil servant for defamation of character by the High Court of Swaziland. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/157730/1/ On February 2, 2008, a female journalist with the Times of Swaziland Sunday was assaulted by a church pastor soon after a prayer service called by King Mswati III at his Lozitha palace. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/157563/1/ On February 2, 2008, a female journalist with the Times of Swaziland Sunday was assaulted by a church pastor soon after a prayer service called by King Mswati III at his Lozitha palace. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/156944/1/ On December 11 2007, Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing ordered the closure of the People’s Choice (PC FM) radio station. Metsing accused the radio of promoting disorder in the country. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/154778/1/ The Swazi media faces a new threat following a call by Parliament for government to pilot the contentious Media Council Bill within eight weeks. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/154216/1/ The Swazi media faces a new threat following a call by Parliament for government to pilot the contentious Media Council Bill within eight weeks. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/154068/1/ Over 180 participants attended the National ICT Policy Launch and Expo 2007 in Swaziland at the Royal Swazi Spa Convention Centre. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/152420/1/ the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Swaziland was summoned and appeared before a Select Committee of the Parliament of Swaziland which is probing the Editor of the Times of Swaziland Sunday, Mbongeni Mbingo, with a view to sending him to jail for expressing himself. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/151163/1/ Parliament in Swaziland sought to sanction the editor of the privately owned Times of Swaziland Sunday newspaper for expressing himself about the affairs of the House of Assembly in a recent commentary in his publication. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78741 A new study is the first to link widespread discrimination against women to sexual risk-taking, and thus HIV/AIDS. In sub-Saharan Africa, three quarters of those now infected are female. From: Physicians for Human Rights http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/143904/1/ The working conditions, the lack of basic necessities to treat people and all the dying: it is demoralising," said a nurse, 28, who asked that her name not be used. "It's not just the money - it is hard to watch people die and you are helpless to do anything about it because there are no drugs or other things [to treat them]." http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75686 Nearly 115 million school-aged children will not be in school on Universal Children's Day today--and not because it's a holiday. To help combat this, the Centre for Development and Population Activities has launched community-based non-formal education programs in three southern African countries.