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DiamondsBriefing
Leave no stone unturned
The management of Zimbabwe’s valuable diamond industry will indicate whether the new government is serious about reform and willing to match rhetoric with action.
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Diamonds, Conflict MineralsReport
An Inside Job
Global Witness has uncovered new evidence linking Zimbabwe’s state and partisan security forces to a decade of disappearing diamond wealth.
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DiamondsReport
Diamonds: A Good Deal for Zimbabwe?
Several directors of one of the largest mining companies operating in Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange diamond fields are drawn from the Zimbabwean military and police.
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DiamondsReport
Return of the Blood Diamond
The deadly race to control Zimbabwe's new-found diamond wealth
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DiamondsReport
Financing a Parallel Government
Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) appears to have received off budget financing from a Hong Kong-based businessman, Sam Pa.
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DiamondsBlog post
Is ZANU-PF’s hidden hand in Zimbabwe’s diamond industry revealed by secret document?
A secret document appears to indicate that a ZANU-PF company named National Reconstruction Groups holds a hidden stake in one of Zimbabwe's diamond companies.
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Conflict Minerals, DiamondsBlog post
Is time up for Zimbabwe’s opaque diamond sector?
The former head of Zimbabwe’s feared spying agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation, has admitted that it held a fifty percent stake in a diamond company.
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Diamonds, Corruption & Money LaunderingBlog post
Polls apart? Two countries blighted by kleptocracy go to vote
Despite the two countries’ many differences, Zimbabwean and Cambodian voters face a few challenges in common
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Diamonds, Conflict MineralsBlog post
Zimbabwe’s diamond business: When risks become a reality
You can’t go very far in Zimbabwe without seeing signs of the vast amount of Chinese investment in the country - and the diamond industry is no exception. However, recent developments in this sector have clearly highlighted the potential risks facing Chinese investors.
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Diamonds, Conflict MineralsBlog post
Why reforms in Zimbabwe’s security sector and mining industry should be high on Mnangagwa’s to-do list
Recent unprecedented events in Zimbabwe undoubtedly offer the country a rare chance for a break with the past. But change in Zimbabwe will depend on much more than who sits behind the president’s desk.
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DiamondsBlog post
Who really owns Zimbabwe’s diamonds? The answer may surprise you (or not).
The Zimbabwean public deserve a fair share of their country’s natural resource wealth, but we have found little evidence that diamonds have benefitted ordinary people.