Dancer Melaku Chalchissa (C) and the Imperial Tiger Orchestra, a Geneva-based band that plays Ethiopian music, perform at Swaziland's Bushfire Festival on June 1, 2014 Swaziland's eclectic Bushfire ...

JOHANNESBURG -- A Swaziland rights group says 38 girls and young women were killed in a crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival. The Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement on ...

MBABANE, Swaziland - Swaziland exiles called for a boycott of the 6th annual Bushfire festival this weekend to protest the kingdom's government policies. But the boycott did not appear to slow the ...

A fair bit of controversy is routine at Swaziland's eclectic Bushfire Festival because it takes place in Africa's last absolute monarchy. The festival attracts around 20,000 music lovers each year.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of young women and girls danced and sang before their king in Swaziland’s most famous traditional festival on Sunday, despite calls to cancel the reed dance after dozens ...

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has sent petition to UN Special Rapporteurs requesting them to use their “positions and mandates to thoroughly investigate reports of the unnecessary deaths of at ...

At least 38 girls have died in a road crash while traveling to a traditional festival in Swaziland. About 40,000 descend on the king's royal residence each year for the event, meant to celebrate ...

Mbabane - Students in Swaziland protesting against the closure of their university threatened to derail a traditional festival on Wednesday, leading to seven arrests. The demonstrators tried to breach ...

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About 20 others were injured when the truck they were in collided with another vehicle on Friday, the Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement. The young women and girls were allegedly ...

JOHANNESBURG – A Swaziland rights group says 38 girls and young women were killed in a crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival. The Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement on ...