Lost Hopes: Zimbabwe's Diamonds

Author:
Global Witness
Publisher:
Global Witness
Publication Date:
10 September 2017
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, Company News, Corruption, Governance, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Mining

In this film you'll hear three powerful testimonies from the Marange region of Zimbabwe. Three local residents talk about how their hopes for a better life from the region's diamond discovery have failed to materialise. In fact, despite a promise of billions, only around US$300 million in diamond earnings can clearly be identified in public budgets.

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