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| SWAZILAND: The crescent of drought (AlertNet) |
| Source: IRIN November, often the rainiest month of the year in Swaziland, has left most of the country awash with flash floods; but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of yet another drought year in which food aid will be needed. |
| Swaziland: The Crescent of Drought (AllAfrica.com) |
| November, often the rainiest month of the year, has left most of Swaziland awash with flash floods: but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of yet another drought year in which food aid will be needed. |
| Swaziland: Bishop Says Monarchy Pushing People to Despair (AllAfrica.com) |
| The political situation in one of the world's last absolute monarchies is driving the people to despair, the Catholic Church there says. |
| Swaziland: Critical Journalists Could Be Viewed As 'Supporting Terrorists' And Arrested, Warns Attorney General (AllAfrica.com) |
| On 17 November 2008, Swaziland's Attorney General, Majahenkhaba Dlamini, warned that journalists who report critically against the government would be viewed as supporting "terrorists" and arrested. |
| Swaziland: Opposition Leader Charged (New York Times) |
| Mario Masuku, an opposition leader in Swaziland, which bans political parties, was charged with terrorism after his arrest over the weekend. |
| Mozambique: Guebuza Inaugurates Rural University (AllAfrica.com) |
| Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday inaugurated a private higher education institution set up, not in a major city, but in a rural area near the border with Swaziland. |
| Swaziland: TV Cameraman Harassed, Camera Confiscated (AllAfrica.com) |
| Phesheya Sibiya, a cameraperson employed by the privately-owned Channel Swazi television station, was harassed and had his camera confiscated by a traditional group performing "sacred" rituals for King Mswati III. |
| Swaziland: Attorney General Warns Outspoken Journalists They Could Be Arrested for 'Supporting Terrorism' (AllAfrica.com) |
| Reporters Without Borders condemns the attorney general's threatening remarks to journalists on 17 November. He said journalists who criticise the government could be arrested under a new anti-terrorism law that has just been used to crack down on opposition groups. |
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