US trade group bans Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds
The Rapaport Group of diamond traders says it would boycott diamonds from Marange field, which has been widely associated with human rights abuses.
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Mozambique steps up diamond controls
Mozambique will join an international conflict diamond monitoring scheme amid widespread gem smuggling from Zimbabwe's controversial Marange mines.
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Diamonds can make the difference
To NGOs, the Marange diamonds represent the repression they campaign against. But they could transform Zimbabwe, says Petina Gappah.
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Marange's field of broken dreams
It was in June 2006 that diamonds were first discovered by villagers in Marange, a rural area of Chiadzwa, 90km south-west of Mutare.
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Mounting outrage at Zim diamond arrest
Concern is mounting over the continued detention of human rights activist Farai Maguwu ahead of the Kimberly Process meeting in Israel.
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Zimbabwe's elites use violence to exploit diamonds
Zimbabwe's political and military elites are using violence and their links to companies to exploit the country's diamond wealth, Global Witness said.
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Living up to diamonds
De Beers would have preferred to have seen Zimbabwe temporarily suspended from the Kimberley Process, writes Nicky Oppenheimer.
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Shine coming off diamond trade regulation
United Nations scheme claimed to have reduced trade in conflict diamonds was this week criticised by its architect.
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