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Mugabe Defends Mbada, Canadile Contracts
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defended diamond mining contracts the country's government holds with Mbada Diamonds and Canadile Miners, according to ZimOnline. Mugabe added that the government is ready to begin selling diamonds now that a Kimberley Process (KP) monitor...
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UN Prepares for Côte d'Ivoire's Presidential Election
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The United Nations mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) continues to monitor efforts underway as the nation plans its presidential election. The long-awaited polls have been postponed numerous times since 2005, with the dissolution of the country's government sparking political...
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KP Appoints Chikane to Monitor Marange Diamonds
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The Kimberley Process (KP) has appointed Abbey Chikane as its Zimbabwe monitor, the organization’s chairman, Boaz Hirsch, said in a statement released late Monday. “Mr. Chikane, a founder chairman of the Kimberley Process, is visiting Zimbabwe these days — March 1 to March 3, 2010...
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Minister Says Zim Will Sell Diamonds Without KP
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BBC: Zimbabwe will sell diamonds outside the Kimberley Process' (KP) domain should the group rule that Harare's efforts to comply with its standards are inadequate, Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said over the weekend."If the KP is unsatisfied with our efforts and wants to be...
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Zimbabwe Minister Denies Corruption
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World News Connection: The minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu, has denied allegations of corruption involving diamonds, saying that the claims were coming from detractors bent on destroying his political career. Mpofu has been singled out on many occasions as one...
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Mugabe Comes Out Against Marange Diamond Ruling
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World News Connection: President Robert Mugabe is caught in a sticky situation with the current diamond conflict and faces an explosive confrontation with the Reserve Bank and the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe.Official sources said Mugabe is "sailing close to the wind" on...
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Izhakoff Urges Action on Crime in the Marange Fields
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Press Release, February 24, 2010: In a keynote speech delivered at the 2010 CIBJO Congress in Munich, Germany, Eli Izhakoff, the chairman of the World Diamond Council (WDC), urged decisive action to end the intolerable situation in the Marange diamond fields of Zimbabwe. Izhakoff said that... 
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Consumers Misled by 'Conflict-Free' Diamond Label
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Press Release, February 23, 2010: Visionary leaders in the diamond industry are reacting to recent events in Zimbabwe that illustrate the failures of the Kimberley Process (KP), which the industry relies on to prevent diamond sales from funding conflict. In recent weeks,...
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ACR Files Complaint on Missing Marange Diamonds
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World News Connection: Lawyers for African Consolidated Resources (ACR) filed a complaint against a high-ranking police officer over his role in the seizure of diamonds from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) offices. Venturas & Samkange, ACR's attorneys, say that...
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Zimbabwe Moves to Halt Marange Investigation
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World News Connection: The fight for control of the controversial diamond fields in the eastern part of Zimbabwe could soon explode into a major open conflict involving powerful politicians and influential corporate magnates as the battle to take charge of the precious...
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CRD Finds Secret Diamond Mining at Charleswood Estate
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The Center for Research and Development (CRD) in Zimbabwe reported that a Russia-based company, DTZ/Ozego, was secretly mining diamonds at Charleswood Estate, a large commercial farm formerly owned by Roy Bennett, the Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC-T) party treasurer...
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Rapaport Conference at Baselworld
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PRESS RELEASE, February 17, 2010: The Rapaport Group is pleased to announce a special presentation: “Martin Rapaport on Diamond Prices.” The presentation will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 19, 2010 in the Montreal Hall at the Basel Congress Center...
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Court Blocks Zimbabwe Mining at Marange
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AFP: Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ordered two government mining firms to stop operations being conducted on British-owned diamond mining fields plagued by human rights abuses, state newspapers reported on Thursday.The case was brought to the court by British-based African...
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Mugabe Threatens to Defy Kimberley Process
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AFP: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday threatened to defy the Kimberley Process (KP) and sell diamonds from a field where the global regulator accuses the country's military of forced labor and other abuses.The KP has given Zimbabwe until June to rectify...
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Cote d'Ivoire Sinks Into Poverty, Political Turmoil
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LeMonde: Behind the plate glass window, a large rat runs through the abandoned office of the commercial center and offices of the Pyramides in downtown Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. An example of the modernity of the Ivoirian economic capital in the 1970s, this building of...
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Violence Halts Voter Registration in Cote d'Ivoire
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his concern today about recent violence in Côte d’Ivoire, where the government has suspended voter registration ahead of the March presidential election.“The violence in [the town of] Vavoua and other locations in the country is a...
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Ingle & Rhode Advocates Ethical Diamond Mining
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Jewelry retailer Ingle & Rhode joined a growing number of companies speaking out against Zimbabwe's diamond mining industry. In a statement released today, the London-based independent trader cited the ongoing battle between Zimbabwe and U.K.-based African Consolidated...
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UN Urges Calm in Cote d'Ivoire
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The United Nations deplored recent violence in Katiola and Divo, Cote d'Ivoire, as voter registration continues before its March presidential election. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire, UNOCI, appealed for calm in preparation for the final voters list, a vital...
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Jeweler Distefano Promotes Fair Trade Initiative
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One expert New York jeweler and goldsmith is on a mission to change the way consumers buy jewelry through her new awareness campaign, which is designed to expand Fair Trade initiatives. Jeweler Donna Distefano ensures that her "opulent jewelry is free from associations with...
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Stop Buying and Selling Blood Diamonds
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Severe human rights violations, including murder, rape and forced labor, have taken place in the diamond fields of Marange, Zimbabwe. Recent reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW) indicate that these horrific conditions continue to take place. Blood diamonds from Marange, Zimbabwe,...
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