AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 5 months ago

Blood Diamonds - Time to Plug the Leaks

A landmark scheme established in 2003 to prevent trade in conflict diamonds is potentially failing in its objectives, campaigners said today. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

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  1. The ministry has arranged visits to Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and possibly Angola among other countries with good models of diamond exploitation
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 7 months ago
  2. Valuing our membership to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme, we also hope that the model will help us deal with the issue of illicit diamonds among others. Basically, we hope to be able to adequately address the three areas of security, exploitation and marketing.
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