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Burkina Faso and Swaziland refuse to break relations with Taiwan and recognize the One-China policy despite being offered aid from China.
2017-01-25

Unofficial results show at least 17 Saudi Arabian women won municipal council seats in the kingdom's third-ever election, and the first to allow female participation. Voters elected representatives for two thirds of the municipal council seats. The government announced that 979 women were candidates.
2015-12-13

An open truck smashes into the back of a van near Mbabane, Swaziland killing 65 girls and young women traveling to an annual dance festival.
2015-08-30

Thirty-eight girls and young women die in a crash and twenty others on board the truck receive injuries while travelling to the traditional Umhlanga ceremony in Swaziland.
2015-08-28

Swaziland virgins perform an annual reed dance, paying homage to the king, pleasing tourists and compatriots.
2012-09-3

Police in Swaziland detain at least seven activists on their way to a pro-democracy church service in the city of Manzini.
2012-04-15

Thomas Masuku, a senior judge in Swaziland, is suspended over allegedly insults to King Mswati III.
2011-06-30

Police in Swaziland arrest any person in a group ahead of planned pro-democracy protests in the country.
2011-04-12

At least 50 people are arrested during pro-democracy protests in Swaziland.
2010-09-7

The inaugural African Grandmother Gathering convenes in Swaziland to discuss HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-6