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Zimbabwe: Diamond Group Denies Giving Green Light to Sell Diamonds
SW Radio, 29 June 2010
An international group of diamond industry stakeholders has denied reports that it gave Zimbabwean Mines Minister Obert Mpofu the 'green light' to sell the country's controversial… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Jailed Diamond Researcher Back in Court Wednesday
SW Radio, 29 June 2010
Jailed diamond researcher Farai Maguwu is expected back in court on Wednesday, almost four weeks since his arrest. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Continuing Fears of Banned Diamonds Exports, Despite KP Impasse
SW Radio, 28 June 2010
There are fears the Zimbabwean government will continue exporting diamonds illegally, following the Kimberly Process's failure to immediately lift a ban on the sale of the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Outrage as Minister Accuses Rights Group of Bribery
SW Radio, 28 June 2010
There has been a shocked and outraged reaction to claims by Mines Minister Obert Mpofu that two leading international diamond rights groups had tried to bribe him, by offering… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Gov't Mine Prompts 'Blood Diamond' Review
The Herald, 16 June 2010
THE plot to criminalise Zimbabwe's diamond sector thickened this week with a Canadian-based organisation, Partnership Africa Canada, imploring the Kimberley Process Certification… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Elite Grab Diamonds, Says NGO
Global Witness, 14 June 2010
Zimbabwe's Zanu PF political and military elite are seeking to capture the country's diamond wealth through a combination of state-sponsored violence and the legally questionable… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher 'Snatched' From Jail
Zimbabwe Standard, 12 June 2010
THE intrigue surrounding the detention of a researcher whose organisation has exposed serious human rights violations at the notorious Chiadzwa diamond fields deepened after he was… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher Denied Bail
SW Radio, 10 June 2010
A Harare magistrate on Thursday denied bail to Farai Maguwu and remanded him in custody. Maguwu is the diamond researcher who was arrested last Thursday, shortly after giving… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: State Drops Reference to KP Monitor in Diamond Researcher's Charge
SW Radio, 8 June 2010
Farai Maguwu finally appeared in court on Tuesday, six days after his initial arrest in Mutare, which was in violation of his constitutional rights. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher Detained After Meeting Monitor
SW Radio, 3 June 2010
Farai Maguwu, the director of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), was arrested on Thursday morning after he handed himself over to the police in Mutare. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher to Spend Weekend in Police Custody
SW Radio, 4 April 2010
Lawyers representing the detained Chiadzwa diamonds activist, Farai Maguwu, say they fear Zimbabwean authorities will use delaying tactics to prolong the incarceration of their… Read more »
Diamond Group Denies Giving Permission to Sell
An international group of diamond industry stakeholders has denied reports that it gave Zimbabwean Mines Minister Obert Mpofu the 'green light' to sell the country's controversial gems.Documents
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14 June 2010
Return of the Blood Diamond
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- Global Witness
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- Global Witness
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Zimbabwe’s Zanu PF political and military elite are seeking to capture the country’s diamond wealth through a combination of ... see more »
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Amid questions over whether all the returns from Zimbabwe's diamond fields are being reported to the Finance Ministry - controlled by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party - it ... Read more »
