This is the first time the former president is being asked to account for his actions in office
Hoarding cash under the mattress represents one form of stored value during crisis, since placing them in bank accounts risks Reserve Bank seizure.
New report shows how Zimbabwe’s ruling elite have stolen and squandered the country’s vast diamond wealth
Mbada will partner with state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation to "invest heavily" into conglomerate and kimberlitic mining.
Zimbabwe wants a single diamond mining company to operate in Marange, and it looks like the frontrunner is one with close links to Robert Mugabe.
A major fundraiser for Barack Obama has been schmoozing senior Zanu-PF figures in the hope of winning business deals from the Zimbabwe government.
Tens of millions of dollars of revenue that a diamond- mining company says its paid to the government never found its way to the Treasury.
Former intern at amaBhungane Owen Gagare has been arrested in Zimbabwe following an expose involving the Zimbabwean military and police.
A UN-mandated watchdog has agreed to end monitoring controls on Zimbabwe’s diamond trade, after the government allayed concerns over Marange mines.
Western retailers could be forced to source their diamonds elsewhere to protect their businesses, writes Alan Martin.
A conference on Zimbabwe’s diamonds has showed widening divisions in the Kimberley Process, the global diamond certification group.
About $2-billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe’s eastern diamond fields and have enriched President Robert Mugabe’s ruling circle.
Mega-rich Zimbabwean businessman Robert Mhlanga stands at the centre of an opaque network of companies set up to cash in on Marange diamond fields.
Human rights group says blood diamond money being siphoned to finance the president and his secret police.
A Zimbabwe court has jailed a former senior police officer for 18 years for beating to death a diamond miner in 2008.
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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/ 10 January 2012
A gold rush near a Zimbabwean mining city by illegal panners has led to reports that Zanu-PF security forces have seized control of the mining wealth.
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.
Zanu-PF kicked off its 12th annual people’s conference amid efforts to pull in big business to participate in a concurrent exhibition.
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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.
Zimbabwe’s opposition party claims that illegal trading is costing the country billions.
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/ 24 November 2011
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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/ 5 November 2011
Indian officials say imports of gems from Zimbabwe, once banned as "blood diamonds", could begin within weeks.
Zimbabwe’s mining minister vowed that the country "will no longer be begging" after the Kimberley Process approved sales of its Marange diamonds.
The European Union has asked Zimbabwe to open an inquiry into claims of torture camps in the country’s diamond mines, as alleged in a BBC documentary.
Zimbabwe has vowed to defy moves for international monitoring of diamond sales from its disputed Marange fields.
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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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/ 7 November 2010
Waving his index finger into the balmy heat, the taxi driver barely pauses while driving through the hub of international diamond dealers.
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/ 1 November 2010
Members of a diamond watchdog began talks in Jerusalem on Monday over whether to allow Zimbabwe to resume exports of the gemstone.
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/ 14 September 2010
Zimbabwe held a secret auction of diamonds from its Marange fields, where the army has been accused of forced labour and torture.
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/ 1 September 2010
A diamond firm operating from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields has begun constructing a multimillion-dollar cutting and polishing centre.