Category: African News

BY KING’S OFFICE CORRESPONDENTS JINJA, UGANDA – Following His Majesty the King’s offer to use the Kingdom as a centre to sell Uganda’s state-of-the-art electric buses, government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has already sent formal request to engage the Ugandan government on the proposal. The letter confirming the request from […]

BUSOGA, UGANDA: His Majesty the King has apportioned a piece of land in Eswatini for the King of the busoga people as a sign of goodwill aimed at strengthening the relations between the kingdoms and the republic of Uganda. The king said this is land that King Nadiope IV may use to keep the herd […]

BY KING’S OFFICE CORRESPONDENTS ENTEBBE, UGANDA – His Majesty King Mswati III has called for African countries to unite once again if they want to achieve total economic emancipation, just like they did when they demanded political freedom. The King was responding to remarks by Ugandan President Yoweru Museveni yesterday at Etete State House upon […]

BY KING’S OFFICE CORRESPONDENTS ENTEBBE, UGANDA – The Kingdom of Eswatini has pledged to serve as a Southern African hub for Uganda’s electric bus manufacturer. The country is also keen to tap into Uganda’s experience in artisanal and large-scale mining in areas of ores, copper and others. This is contained in a communiqué issued after […]

KIGALI, RWANDA – His Majesty King Mswati III visited the multi billion dollars Kigali Special Economic Zone in his last activity here on Tuesday afternoon. The King was told that in 10 years the KSEZ has brought about 3.5 billion US dollars, an equivalent of E66.5 billion. The special economic zone industrial park has created […]

BY KING’S OFFICE CORRESPONDENTS KIGALI, RWANDA – His Majesty King Mswati III’’s vision is to transform Eswatini into a developed country with an advanced economy, infrastructure and high standard of living. These sentiments were shared by Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Pholile Shakantu yesterday in Kigali, in written remarks submitted at the signing of […]

By King’s Office Correspondents KIGALI, RWANDA: His Majesty the King has expressed a deep desire to see the relations between Eswatinii and Rwanda grow stronger. He called for both countries to continue to support each other and cooperate in various areas, recognising the shared common interests on peace and security, development, health, climate change and […]

By King’s Office Correspondents KIGALI, RWANDA: His Majesty the King yesterday congratulated President Paul Kagame for the successful presidential elections, which he won by over 99 per cent of the vote. He described the massive national participation as an illustration of the trust and confidence that the people of Rwanda have in his leadership. “We […]