More than 500,000 people are registered to vote in the impoverished southern African nation, where King Mswati III wields absolute power.

As the Trump administration has carried out its crackdown on illegal immigration, Americans have begun to see little-known countries like the African absolute monarchy of Eswatini in headlines ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its Parliament, even as its extremely wealthy king retains absolute ...

Military and police patrols are on the streets of the tiny African nation of eSwatini, and opposition leaders are in hiding, they told CNN Tuesday, as the continent's last absolute monarchy tries to ...

As Africa Day approaches, Dr Reneva Fourie reflects on the continent's journey towards unity and economic sovereignty, ...

Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan has taken another major step toward Morocco’s throne after being appointed to a senior military coordination role once held by his father, Mohammed VI, deepening the ...

Véronique Tadjo, a Franco-Ivorian novelist and painter, commander of arts and letters and president of the jury of the Orange Prize for Books in Africa, has lived in the UK for several years. As an ...

A student’s vow to overthrow one of Africa’s last ruling monarchs faces a roadblock: his own father, a soldier sworn to protect the throne. By John Eligon Photographs by Joao Silva John Eligon and ...