Swaziland King in Yemen
The Source: /www.sabanews.net - 21/10/2009
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King of Swaziland Mswati III arrived on Wednesday in Yemen for a three-day official visit to the country.During the visit, Mswati III will hold a talk session with President Ali Abdullah Saleh on bilateral relations and means of enhancing them Kingdom of Swaziland, sometimes called Ngwane, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique. Swaziland is a small country, no more than 200km north to south, and 130k east to west. The population is primarily ethnic Swazis whose language is siSwati, though English is spoken as a second language. Swaziland's economy is dominated by the service industry, manufacturing and agriculture. Some 75 percent of the population are employed in subsistence farming, and 60 percent of the population live on less than US$ 1.25 per day. Swaziland's main trading partner is South Africa, and it currency is pegged to the South African rand.
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