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Zimbabwean gems banned by dealer
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 15 days ago
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The Rapaport Group and its Rapnet diamond trading network also called on other major diamond manufacturing and trading bodies to do the same. Rights activists say troops killed 200 people at the Marange field last year. Zimbabwe's government has denied...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Harare, Child labour in the diamond industry, Marange diamond fields, De Beers, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Blood diamonds, Diamond, Martin Rapaport
Mugabe army 'quits diamond field'
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 21 days ago
Credibility Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told state-run media Zimbabwe had complied with 90% of demands made by trade watchdog the Kimberley Process group this month. Activists had wanted the group to suspend Zimbabwe, saying troops had killed 200 people at the Marange...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Kimberley Process, marange field, Marange, diamond field, Harare, Obert Mpofu, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Robert Mugabe, Marange diamond fields, Chiadzwa, War Conflict, Politics, Diamond, Blood diamonds
Zimbabwe's army quits diamond fields over rights row
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 21 days ago
Credibility The army presence at poorly secured diamond fields in Marange last year was amid efforts to seal off the dangerous areas and clamp down on illegal mining that led to accidents and deaths...Instead, the group agreed earlier this month to allow Zimbabwe...
Tags: diamond fields, Zimbabwean, rights abuses, Zimbabwe, Harare, Obert Mpofu, Chiadzwa, The Herald, Kimberley, Politics, Diamond, Blood diamonds, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
Zimbabwean diamonds lose glitter for Mozambique's illegal traders
Mutare :: Zimbabwe | 25 days ago
Credibility His companion, a Malian, turns to me on this terrace in central Mozambique. "You want?" he whispers...You know you are in diamond country when you reach the border. "You want diamonds?" asks the official checking the serial numbers on our car engine....
Tags: Zimbabwean, Mozambique, Vila de Manica, Zimbabwe, Mutare, Obert Mpofu, Manica Mozambique, Diamond, Blood diamonds, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
Zimbabwe diamond sales ban urged
Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 1 month ago
Credibility Rights groups are lobbying members of the Kimberly Process, the body which regulates the trade in rough diamonds, to halt exports from Zimbabwe. Activists say soldiers have killed about 200 people at a diamond field...Namibia's government is a close ally...
Tags: Zimbabwean, Ban Zimbabwe, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Kimberly Process Certification Scheme, human rights, Robert Mugabe, president robert, Namibia, prime minister, diamond trade
Watchdog slams abuse at Zim diamond mines
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 5 months ago
Credibility Zimbabwe's military is involved in illegal mining in diamond mine fields in the country's east, where civilians are victims of "horrific" violence, a global diamond mining watchdog said on Wednesday. A team from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme...
Tags: Zimbabwean, Zimbabwe Diamond Field, diamond mining, Marange, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, marange district
Diamond wealth fuelling wealth in Zimbabwe
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 5 months ago
Credibility Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe’s army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not cooperate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says....
Tags: Zimbabwean, Zimbabwe Cabinet, Robert Mugabe, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, MDC, cabinet meeting, diamond deals, diamond fields, deals sidestep, blood diamond
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