Mbabane

American

[bah-bahn, -bah-nee, uhm-bah-] / bɑˈbɑn, -ˈbɑ ni, əm bɑ- /

noun

a city in and the capital of Swaziland, in the NW part.

Mbabane British

/ əmbɑːˈbɑːnɪ /

noun

the capital of Swaziland, in the northwest: administrative and financial centre, with a large iron mine nearby. Pop: 71 000 (2005 est)

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Their arrival comes a day before a court case against the deportations is set to resume in the main city, Mbabane.

From BBC

Since then, they have been held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in the capital city Mbabane.

From BBC

Reports from the capital, Mbabane, said calm prevailed at the polling stations on Friday morning.

From BBC

“The army and the police are everywhere, and the situation is so tense,” Thulani Maseko, a human rights lawyer in Mbabane, said by phone on Wednesday.

From New York Times

There are chaotic scenes in the capital, Mbabane, where a journalist told the BBC residents have been fleeing, with traffic jams leading out the city and cars queuing at petrol stations for fuel.

From BBC

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