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Where is Zimbabwe’s Diamond Revenue?

February 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by John Campbell Zimbabwe’s public account is down to its last $217. The finance minister says the country’s finances “are in paralysis.” How can that be? Zimbabwe’s diamond fields at Marange could hold between two and seven billion carats of … read more »

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Zimbabwe orders diamond fraud probe

January 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party has told police to investigate five provincial leaders accused of swindling nearly a million dollars from diamond mining companies, an apparent image clean-up ahead of elections expected this year. State media said on Friday … read more »

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Zimbabwe: Diamonds could undermine justice, democracy and development

April 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Centre for Research and Development, Mutare, Zimbabwe The continued theft of large quantities of diamonds by dealers and cartels is a threat to national security and may undermine the work of the inclusive government in Zimbabwe. Three years after the … read more »

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Zimbabwe miners to meet ownership deadline: official

June 16, 2011 by benim

Foreign mining firms operating in Zimbabwe are on track to meet a September deadline to sell majority stakes to local investors, though the government will be flexible in its approach, a senior ministry official said. Earlier this month major mining … read more »

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