The Swaziland Elections 2008 blogsite has been updated over the past two days to include (among many other items) coverage of election day last Friday (19 September 2008).
International media took a lot of interest in the events, concentrating on the undemocratic nature of the elections (all political parties are banned, the parliament has no real power and King Mswati III chooses the Prime Minister and Cabinet).
To see how the major news organisations reported the election day click on the links below.
Even so, it reported a number of malpractices at the election, including an accusation of bribery and rows over the last minute change of venues of polling stations and vote rigging.
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