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• Blood Diamonds Continue To Flow Form Africa

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  Inspectors say diamonds from Zimbabwe should be classed as blood diamonds Photo: REUTERS Blood Diamonds Are Back -- Foreign Policy Why the U.N.-sanctioned system thats supposed to ensure that gemstones arent mined at gunpoint is backfiring. Its a safe bet that most of those surprised with diamond ...
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• Merry Christmas! Heres some stereotypes ... but no take-backsies.

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 137
  Forgive the lateness of the hour -- I had to drag myself from the A Christmas Story marathon to heed the call of duty. Which reminds me: I like the holiday season, but I will be so glad when the holiday commercials cease. The psychosexual terror shows from Kay Jewelers are risible enough, but the one that is ...
  6 days 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 ...
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• Zimbabwe II

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  Previous events in the sorry saga ; What Rhodesia Can Teach Us about Zimbabwe Zimbabwe politicians reach breakthrough Zimbabwe’s rival leaders Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai reached an agreement on forming committees to oversee human rights, the media and elections. 10 December Mugabe Orchestrated Rape ...
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• “Conflict Diamonds” by The African Diamond Council

  
  Flawless Hustle - Urban Culture Blog | Hiphop Blog | Graffiti & Street Art — Authority: 444
  After Blood Diamond hit theaters everyone started to learn about “ Conflict diamonds “, and how the search for these coveted gem stone were causing massive deaths in regions of Africa where the inhabitants could work for nearly their whole lives and never be able to afford to buy what they were employed to look ...
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• Stop Zims abusive diamond trade

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 662
  You would think that, with its vibrant diamond trade, South Africa would be first in line to prevent the smuggling of diamonds from Zimbabwe. Instead, South Africa has played a more equivocal role with its neighbour. The result is that South Africa is at risk of endangering its own diamond industry. read more
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• Sierra Leone: Does a woman have the right to stand for paramount chief in the local chieftaincy election?

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 146
  By Mohamed Fofanah - IPSRepublished permission Inter Press Service (IPS ) copyright Inter Press Service (IPS)http://www.ipsnewsasia.net/ and http://www.ipsnews.net/ A war is raging in the eastern part of the country, once the centre stage for battles during the 10-year civil war and the place where "blood diamonds" ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shorter Question Everything

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 139
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• When Diamonds Fight Back

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 482
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Banro Teams With Kinshasa To Rob Congo

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sad Flip Side To China-Congo Deal

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nitty-Gritty Of Congo - China Reconstruction Deal

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Provocative Reading On African Democracy

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• New Report From The Scene In Eastern Congo

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• CBS Overlooks How Congolese Criminals Fund FDLR

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Diamond processing plant at the airport

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 141
  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 . ...
  5 weeks ago

• Zim: blood diamonds and spineless Morgan

  
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  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 ...
  5 weeks ago

• Video Report On Congo Conflict Minerals

  
  Heart of Diamonds — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  5 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 ...
  5 weeks ago

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