Category: International News

BY THEMBA ZWANE MBABANE – Switzerland has appointed Corinne Cicéron Bühler as its new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Eswatini, as part of a wider reshuffle of its diplomatic missions for 2026 and 2027. Cicéron Bühler will be based in Pretoria and will be responsible for diplomatic relations with South Africa, Botswana, […]

… Ambassador presents credentials to President Lai Ching-te …Industrialisation, technology and jobs take centre stage …. Eswatini pledges continued international support for Taiwan BY MBONGENI NDLELA TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Eswatini’s newly appointed Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan), Vulindlela Simphiwe Kunene, has formally begun his diplomatic assignment after presenting his Letters of Credence to […]

She was honoured in Brussels for women’s leadership, institutional governance BY MBONGENI NDLELA BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Eswatini’s Senate President, Senator Pastor Lindiwe Dlamini, has received international recognition at the EuropeAfrica Investment Forum 2026, placing the Kingdom’s parliamentary leadership in the spotlight at a high-level gathering bringing together African and European leaders. Dlamini was recognised with the […]

By King Office Correspondents NEW YORK, USA – The Kingdom of Eswatini continues to strengthen its relations and cooperation with the global Jewish community, with a meeting held here on Thursday. The country was represented by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Senator Pholile Shakantu, who described her meeting with the American Jewish Committee […]

BY SIFISO NHLABATSI MBABANE – Taiwan has expressed heartfelt appreciation to His Majesty King Mswati III for using the United Nations General Assembly platform to speak in support of Taiwan’s participation in the international community. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te used his X social media account to thank the King for what he described as Eswatini’s […]

… Veteran diplomat begins Taipei mission after years at UN, Pretoria and Foreign Affairs Ministry BY MBONGENI NDLELA TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Seasoned diplomat Vulindlela Kunene has been unveiled as the Kingdom of Eswatini’s new Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan), handing one of the country’s most important diplomatic assignments to an official with years […]

BY MBONGENI NDLELA NEW YORK, USA – War does not only take lives. It destroys roads, scares away investment, interrupts trade, raises the cost of living and consumes resources that could have built schools, hospitals and industries. That was the wider economic and human argument advanced by His Majesty King Mswati III when he addressed […]

BY MBONGENI NDLELA NEW YORK, USA – His Majesty King Mswati III has challenged the international community to confront one of the longest-running questions in United Nations reform: how much longer Africa must remain without permanent representation on the UN Security Council. Addressing the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York […]