/ 4 October 2000

HOME, GEMS, SAYS KABILA

PRESIDENT Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ordered the return of a confiscated diamond, worth up to $20m, to a local businessman. The diamond, of about 267 carats, was seized in June. Its owner, Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji, was imprisoned while authorities investigated reports that it had come from a concession owned by state mining company MIBA. – Reuters