The idea of handing the diamond over to the government to sell was that it would generate money to be put back into developing the local community
Liberian former leader Charles Taylor awaits a verdict on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for "blood diamonds" in the 1990s.
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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/ 15 February 2012
Global Witness has said mining officials loyal to President Robert Mugabe are stashing profits from Zimbabwe’s diamond fields off shore.
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/ 13 December 2011
Two Zimbabwean diamond companies operating in the controversial Marange fields have been added to the US’ list of sanctioned entities.
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/ 5 December 2011
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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/ 5 November 2011
Indian officials say imports of gems from Zimbabwe, once banned as "blood diamonds", could begin within weeks.
Zimbabwe could earn billions of dollars selling diamonds from an area scarred by abuse after a crisis that left the "blood diamond" watchdog tattered.
Former Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund trustee Jeremy Ractliffe was on Wednesday found not guilty on a charge of possession of uncut diamonds.
Former Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund trustee Jeremy Ractliffe on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of uncut diamonds.
The case of former Mandela Children’s Fund trustee Jeremy Ractliffe, who faces charges relating to uncut diamonds, has been postponed.
SA and SADC cannot ignore the tight link between Zanu-PF’s behaviour and its control of Marange
The case of former Mandela Children’s Fund trustee Jeremy Ractliffe, who faces charges relating to the possession of uncut diamonds, was postponed.
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor’s trial for arming Sierra Leone rebels who paid him in blood diamonds closed on Friday.
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/ 30 January 2011
The global diamond industry has controversially cleared the way for President Robert Mugabe’s regime to raise millions of dollars from exports.
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/ 30 December 2010
The Israel Diamond Exchange has expelled one of its members suspected of dealing in illicit "blood diamonds" from a controversial Zimbabwe gem field.
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/ 20 November 2010
African producers have criticised the Kimberley Process for reinstating a ban on Zimbabwe’s Marange’s gems where abuses were reported.
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/ 27 October 2010
A case against a former trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, facing charges related to the possession of uncut diamonds, has been postponed.
Jeremy Ractliffe has resigned as a trustee of a Nelson Mandela charity after revealing he received uncut diamonds from model Naomi Campbell.
Zimbabwe has shrugged off a ban by a major diamond trading network, saying it was sure to sure to find buyers in Russia and Asia.
A gem-trading group on Monday banned the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange mines, saying there was no guarantee they were not "blood diamonds".
Zimbabwe on Wednesday opened the first sale of diamonds from its Marange fields since international regulators partially lifted a ban.
Naomi Campbell, testifying at the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, said on Thursday she had been given a pouch containing diamonds.
Model Naomi Campbell is set to testify in a war-crimes court on Thursday about a "blood diamond" gift from Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.
The spotlight in Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial shifts on Thursday to supermodel Naomi Campbell when she testifies about an uncut diamond.
Gemstone finds in the country’s wild east have brought spies and paranoia and turned Mutare into frontier town.
A special monitor found that Zimbabwe had complied with minimum standards for human rights.
Regulator demands consensus on government’s profits from diamond mining that pay for human rights abuses.
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday urged diamond watchdog the Kimberley Process to clear the country to sell its diamonds.
Zimbabwe’s mining minister says the country will go ahead and sell its diamonds without approval from the world diamond control body.
The stakes were high as the sun set in Tel Aviv last week. Seventy international delegates talked long into the night but failed to reach a consensus.
Human Rights Watch claims Zimbabwe has broken its promise to halt physical abuse of diamond miners and should have its certification frozen.