2001-06-04 04:00:00 PDT Gaborone, Botswana-- An appraiser holds a rough diamond up to the light, studying lines and shape through a magnifier before giving his estimate: The stone is worth $60 ...

The "conflict" or "blood" diamond problem first drew wide notice in the late 1990s, when reports highlighted that rebels in African countries were using diamonds to fund brutal campaigns. Skip to main ...

Is selling Canadian diamonds a solution to the human-rights problems that have surrounded parts of the African diamond industry? Or is it a feel-good measure that ultimately hurts African miners ...

Much of the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor focused on the role played by so-called “conflict diamonds” in funding rebels in conflict areas.

02/20/2023 February 20, 2023. Africa holds mineral wealth with diverse commodities that are sought after the world over. In the diamond industry, local communities miss out on profits despite ...

Diamonds mined from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone have an estimated worth of approximately $8.4 billion annually.

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - African Diamonds has cut the cost of the first phase of its new AK6 mine in Botswana to 30 million pounds ($48.86 million), and may fund it about 60 percent from debt ...