April 30, 2003
Africa: Talks Aimed At Stopping 'Blood Diamonds' Flow Underway
A three-day meeting of some 70 nations in Johannesburg, South Africa to discuss implementation of a plan to eradicate the trade in "blood" or "conflict" diamonds winds up… Read more »
January 26, 2003
Congo-Kinshasa: Accusations 'Ridiculous' Says Rwanda's US Envoy
Charges made last week by Vital Kamerhe, the Democratic Republic of Congo's commissioner-general in charge of negotiations in the Great Lakes region, that a Rwandan-created "new… Read more »
October 29, 2002
Africa: 'Blood Diamonds' Talks Underway
As the World Diamond Council (WDC) began meeting in London, Monday, to finalize their plans for stamping out the flow of 'conflict' or 'blood' diamonds mined in African war zones,… Read more »
April 25, 2002
East Africa: Controversy Continues to Dog Major World Bank Projects
"Everybody is talking about development effectiveness, but the question is, how do you measure it? ...So what we are trying to do now is to pull together a meeting in June at which… Read more »