Zimbabwe And The Diamond Trade

The Kimberley Process had blocked sales from the fields in
eastern Zimbabwe after documenting forced labour. Photo from AFP

Zimbabwe Diamonds Deal To Allow Partial Exports -- BBC

The body overseeing the trade in "blood diamonds" has agreed that Zimbabwe can resume limited exports from new diamond fields in the east of the country.

Under the terms of the deal, Zimbabwe will be able to sell some stockpiles.

It may be able to resume full exports after a review of conditions at the Marange diamond fields in September.

The Kimberley Process suspended the diamond exports in November in response to allegations of atrocities committed by security forces at Marange.

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More News On Zimbabwe And the Diamond Trade

Some Diamonds From Zimbabwe Field Cleared for Export -- Voice of America
Limited Sales of Zimbabwe Diamonds Approved -- New York Times
Diamonds From Zimbabwe Field Cleared for Export -- Wall Street Journal
Zimbabwe gets go-ahead to sell some diamonds -- AP
Zimbabwe diamonds row far from over -- BBC
Zimbabwe Allowed to Sell Diamonds, Amid Claims of Human Rights Abuses -- Newsweek
Why diamonds can't be Robert Mugabe's best friend -- Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: Blood diamonds .... I repeat .... these are just blood diamonds to continue the tyrannical rule of Mugabe and his henchman.