RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women - Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Mar 5, 2010 (IPS) - A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names. Many Swazi women married in community of property have been left in the cold by their husbands, who chase ...
Tourism seeks a more positive role in sustainable ... - Deutsche Welle
The world's largest tourism fair ITB Berlin is on. One of the growing trends in this industry is corporate social responsibility. But more steps need to be taken for tourism to lastingly benefit developing countries. Africa is becoming increasingly ...
Southern Africa : SA Unit to be Regional Hub for ... - AllAfrica.com
Johannesburg — DAIMLER Buses Germany, a division of Daimler, has given the South African unit the green light to export buses and coaches to southern African markets, following a capital injection into the local plant that has led to the expansion ...
Jamaica's Sizzla to tour Africa - Channel Africa
Jamaican born reggae phenomenon Sizzla, represented by Nhamo Chitimbe of Shumba Instrumentation and Zingiswa Sigaba of Milla Events and Communications, will be bringing his message to the continent of his roots with Sizzla’s 2010 African mission ...
SWAZILAND: Tackling one crisis at a time does not solve all - Reuters AlertNet
Swaziland, a small landlocked country with a population of about one million people, is ruled by King Mswati III - sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch - while contending with the world's highest HIV/AIDS prevalence, food insecurity, poor ...
Foreign election delegates inspect Duval's process - Florida Times-Union
In Swaziland, about 350,000 of the estimated 400,000 eligible residents registered to vote for 55 seats in the House of Assembly in 2008. In Bangladesh, more than 80 million voters registered in preparation for their 2008 parliamentary elections.
Gearing up for Swaziland bike trek - Recorder
SUNDERLAND -- As a former college football player, Alfred Albano is no stranger to tough workouts. The regimen he's putting himself through now, however, he calls the most grueling he's ever experienced. The 59-year-old Sunderland resident and ...
Home Spirituality Spiritual Odysseys The Royal Jew From Swaziland - Aish
The story of every convert to Judaism is a gripping tale of spiritual discovery. In the case of Natan Gamedze, that journey began 40 years ago in Swaziland, where he was born into a royal family. Gamedze casts an imposing royal figure, but it is his ...
Swaziland has a lot to learn from Salone's ACC-” Tebogo Fruhwirth - Awoko
The Deputy Commissioner of Swaziland's Anti Corruption Commission responsible for Investigation and Asset recovery; Tebogo Fruhwirth who happens to be the leader of the Swazi delegation who are on a familiarization visit to the Anti Corruption ...
South Africa: Local citrus exports are growing, but ... - FreshPlaza
Citrus is such big business in South Africa - the second-largest exporter of oranges, grapefruits and lemons in the world - that seaport operations are bogged down at peak shipping times. As new growing areas go on line, however, the challenge is to ...
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Report: Iran sentences professor to 6 years
An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday.
U.K. millionaire to move to mud hut
An ex-con U.K. millionaire is selling his 16th-century farmhouse and businesses to start a children's charity in Uganda.
New death threats for Swedish cartoonist
 The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad has angered Muslims says he's received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him.
Israeli TV ad spoofs Hamas killing
 An Israeli supermarket chain looks to cash in on the publicity over the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai with a series of new TV ads offering "killer prices."
Quake claims Haiti’s best and brightest
 The Jan. 12 earthquake disproportionately killed young professionals, and compounding the loss is a quickening brain drain of people with the ability and means to leave a ravaged country.
Mexico’s Slim tops the list of world’s richest
 For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.
Britain confronts debt of Greek proportions
The woes of Britain show that the troubles for Europe, and the West, extend far beyond the traditionally laggard countries of southern Europe.
Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan
 Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 people march through central Athens during a nationwide general strike against the government's new austerity measures.
43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare
Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and pro-government troops has killed at least 43 people over two days, as African Union peacekeepers used tanks to help the beleaguered government beat back an insurgent attack, officials said Thursday.
Palestinians threaten to quit peace talks
The Palestinians threaten to pull out of U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel before negotiations even start.
Cuba’s free sex changes mark break from past
 A small but remarkable transformation is happening in Cuba, a nation known for the rugged revolution of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels, who long punished gays and transsexuals, but is now paying for sex changes.
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