Zimbabwe: Shut Down Chiadzwa - Civic Society Groups

CIVIL society groups in Manicaland have demanded the immediate cessation of diamond mining operations in Marange to pave way for an independent and comprehensive audit of all companies operating there, whose findings must also be made public.

The groups said they were appalled that government has, for the past six years, parcelled out and shared such a strategic national resource to individuals and fly-by night investors in deals that have not helped the country's struggling economy or communities around the diamond-rich area.

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