The prospect of changing a country's name may seem like a rather daunting undertaking, but not for the king of Swaziland. King Mswati III declared the country will now be known as the Kingdom of ...

Portraits of the Lion and the Great She Elephant — King Mswati III and his mother — stare down from the wall of the immigration office. The animal print pattern of the king’s tribal dress seems a ...

Swaziland's King Mswati III has announced he is renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini. The monarch announced the official change at Golden Jubilee celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ...

Cape Town – In South Africa, the names of streets, public places and infrastructure and even cities have changed regularly - to the point where locals have lost track of keeping up in some parts.

One of the world’s few absolute monarchs, the king of Swaziland has announced that his country had changed its name to eSwatini to mark 50 years since independence from British rule. According to him, ...

Meaning "place of the Swazi", eSwatini is the Swazi language name for the tiny nation landlocked between South Africa and Mozambique. Unlike some countries, Swaziland did not change its name when it ...