Black market dirties Zimbabwe diamond fields
The funeral of a gem dealer has revealed the illicit trade of diamonds in Zimbabwe has gone underground and may be propping up Zanu-PF cronies.
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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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Campaigners call Kimberley Process an 'utter failure'
Conflict diamonds are to be used to fund a new campaign of violence by President Robert Mugabe's regime against his political opponents in Zimbabwe.
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Kimberley Process left in the lurch over diamond dispute
Global Witness has left the Kimberley Process after a series of disagreements, including the resumption of sales of Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds.
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Zim diamond auction to go ahead despite activists' ire
Kimberley Process-approved diamonds from Chinese-Zimbabwean venture Anjin will be put on sale on Friday, despite criticism from Human Rights Watch.
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Zim expects $600m boost from diamond sales
Due to the Kimberley Process unbanning sales of Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds, the country is expecting a $600-million boost in revenue.
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Zim minister elated with diamond decision
Zimbabwe's mining minister vowed that the country "will no longer be begging" after the Kimberley Process approved sales of its Marange diamonds.
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Rights groups protest lift on Zim diamond ban
Civil society groups walked out of a Kimberley Process meeting in a show of no confidence in the regulator after it lifted a ban on Zimbabwe diamonds.
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Zimbabwe defiant over right to export gems
Zimbabwe has vowed to defy moves for international monitoring of diamond sales from its disputed Marange fields.
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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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