Blood Diamonds

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• Shorter Question Everything

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 142
  IraqIraq could produce 12m barrels of oil per day in 2015, the oil minister says, making it the world’s second-largest producer.UN: Blood DiamondsSyria objected to a reference recognizing Israel’s selection last month as 2010 chair of a global effort to end the trade in blood diamonds. “Israel exploits ...
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• When Diamonds Fight Back

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 534
  Diamonds have long been considered a girl’s best friend but it’s time for a reality check. Aside from the fact that having an inanimate best friend is just wrong, your diamond fetish is financing rebel armies . If you’re not familiar with the term Blood Diamond , you will absolutely not like reading this ...
  1 week ago

• Banro Teams With Kinshasa To Rob Congo

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  They wont begin opening the presents until Christmas 2011, but the shareholders of Canadian mining concern Banro received a whopping gift from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. It was final agreement allowing the company to develop gold mines worth some $13 billion in return for a ...
  1 week ago

• Sad Flip Side To China-Congo Deal

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  Ive taken a very cautious attitude toward the $6 billion deal between China and the Democratic Republic of Congo . My hesitation to endorse it has been based on the economics of the deal, which calls for Chinese companies to build infrastructure in the DRC in return for large copper concessions. This isnt a ...
  1 week ago

• Nitty-Gritty Of Congo - China Reconstruction Deal

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  One of the more interesting chapters in Paul Colliers thought-provoking work, Wars, Guns, and Votes , discusses the economic effects of armed conflict and the nitty-gritty of post-conflict reconstruction. He talks not about the horrors of rape and the disruption of societal services, but the more mundane but no less ...
  1 week ago

• Provocative Reading On African Democracy

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  I just finished one of the most thought-provoking books Ive ever read. Its Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places Paul Collier , professor of economics at Oxford and Director for the Center for the Study of African Economies, contends that our obsession with democracy as the be-all and end-all of ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Report From The Scene In Eastern Congo

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  My associate Joseph Mbangu recently returned from a fascinating, productive trip to his native Congo. His observations are not only cogent but make good reading as well. Check them out at his new blog, The Congo Solution. Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds a romantic thriller about blood diamonds in ...
  2 weeks ago

• CBS Overlooks How Congolese Criminals Fund FDLR

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  The 60 Minutes report on how illicit gold mines support the FDLR was worthwhile and timely, but it barely grazed the surface of the issue. For another, more in-depth view of the way mineral exploitation is destroying the Congo, read the recent special report to the UN Security Council on MONUCs support of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Diamond processing plant at the airport

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  By Our Correspondent HARARE – The government has set up a diamond processing plant at the Harare International Airport for purposes of processing the raw mineral from the Marange diamond fields in Manicaland, sources say. The plant is located on the domestic airport terminal at the Harare International Airport . ...
  2 weeks ago

• Zim: blood diamonds and spineless Morgan

  
  Afrodissident — Authority: 91
  Earlier this month it was announced that Mugabe’s Kimberley Process cronies have decided to give him until June to withdraw the soldiers in the Marange diamond fields. The army runs smuggling operations and use forced labour in mines whose profits benefit Zanu-PF. Human Rights Watch exposed the horrors of Marange ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video Report On Congo Conflict Minerals

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  As Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced his bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to help stop the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo in cell phones and other electronic devices, my colleague Rima Abdelkader filed this incisive report. During McDermotts press conference ...
  3 weeks ago

• Africa: conflict and governance

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  Africa, China, the United States, and Oil ; Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa Policy Forum A thoughtful article that goes a long way towards explaining conflict in and between nations - in Africa and many other parts of the world. The Revenge of Geography : People and ideas influence ...
  3 weeks ago

• Diamond Cartel Bans Dealing in Zimbabwe’s Precious Stones

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  An international network of companies providing services that support the development of fair and competitive diamond and jewelery markets announced Monday that it was banning trade on all diamonds from Zimbabwe due to alleged human rights violations at a site where the precious mineral is being mined. Saying the ban ...
  4 weeks ago

• More On The AFRICOM Debate

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 114
  One of my posts regarding AFRICOM has prompted a healthy and civil discussion of the issues from readers. Let me add a thought or two: While there have been many misguided ventures financed by the IMF and others (including the U.S.) in Africa, not all have failed. Nor have all the failures been due to the source. ...
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