RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Wife Killings Leave Women Vulnerable

When a 65 year-old shop keeper went berserk and shot to death his wife and two sons because his religion would not permit divorce from his estranged spouse, the crime struck a nerve among Swaziland's women.

EDUCATION-SWAZILAND: Education Seen As The Saviour

Troubled by an unemployment rate of 45 percent and devastated by a high HIV infection rate of at least 25 percent, Swaziland has decided its salvation lies in the educational advancement of its people.

CULTURE-SWAZILAND: The Silencing Of The Media

The sudden and unexplained closure of the Swazi Observer newspaper by its owner, the royal conglomerate Tibiyo TakaNgwane, seems to have put to rest the question of how an unfettered press can exist in a country ruled by sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchparticularly when the king owns the newspaper.