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Marange Critical to Zimbabwe Reforms, Says NGO
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Global Witness is calling for improved transparency in Zimbabwe’s diamond sector, pitching it as a test case for the new president’s economic reforms.“The new government’s handling of the Marange diamond industry will be a clear indication of whether its...
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Mining
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Dec 09, 2018
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Rapaport News
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NGOs Slam Industry’s Human-Rights Efforts
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Civil-society groups have lashed out at the diamond trade over its apparent leniency in preventing human-rights abuses from tainting the supply chain. The recent update to the World Diamond Council’s (WDC) System of Warranties...
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Fair Trade
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Nov 13, 2018
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Rapaport News
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Violence Limiting CAR Diamond Exports
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Continued violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) ismaking it impossible for the nation to develop its diamond sector, according to the World DiamondCouncil (WDC). A massacre in Bria left 30 people dead last week — thelatest in a string...
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Rough Markets
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Oct 25, 2018
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Leah Meirovich
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Diamonds Still Linked to Conflict – Civil Society
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Civil-society groups have lashed out at the lack of transparency in the diamond industry, claiming the trade continues to be linked to human-rights abuses, conflict finance and corruption. “Although the diamond industry is not the only sector...
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Fair Trade
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Jul 31, 2018
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Avi Krawitz
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Zimbabwe to Hold First Diamond Sale in a Year
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Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) will auction 1.56 million carats of diamonds over the next two months, its firstsales in a year, Reuters reported Thursday. The state-owned miner last held a sale in March 2017,...
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Mining
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Feb 25, 2018
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Rapaport News
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Antwerp Refutes Global Witness’s Zimbabwe Claims
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Belgium’s diamond industry has refuted allegations bynon-profit organization Global Witness that illicit goods from Zimbabwe havebeen traded in Antwerp.Dealers in Antwerp bought and sold diamonds from Zimbabwethat may have funded human-rights violations,...
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Rough Markets
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Sep 14, 2017
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Rapaport News
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Global Witness Urges Trade to Improve CAR Checks
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Global Witness has called on diamond buyers to step up their due diligence when trading with the Central African Republic (CAR) so as to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the international market.Last month, the organization published...
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Rough Markets
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Jul 12, 2017
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Rapaport News
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CAR Claims Diamond Smuggling Slowing
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The Central African Republic (CAR) defended itself recently againstallegations that dealers were smuggling rough diamonds out of the country usingsocial media, arguing that the phenomenon was becoming less common.A report by Global...
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Rough Markets
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Jul 10, 2017
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Rapaport News
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Global Witness Warns of CAR Diamond Smuggling
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Smugglers are using social-media platforms such asFacebook and WhatsApp to get diamonds out of the Central African Republic (CAR)and into international markets, Global Witness claimed in a report last week.A representative from the organization...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 26, 2017
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Joshua Freedman
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OFAC Adds Sino Zim and Sam Pa to Sanctions List
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The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which lists specially designated nationals and blocked persons, all of whom U.S. citizens and business must avoid when conducting business transactions, added Sino...
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Rough Markets
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Apr 17, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Financial-Legal
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Apr 10, 2014
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Global Witness
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EU Preps to Lift Sanctions on ZMDC
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Special interest leaks from the European Union (EU) signaled that the governing body would be lifting sanctions on the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), which controls Zimbabwe's minerals, next month. However, an official...
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Fair Trade
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Sep 18, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Global Witness Urges SADC to Investigate Zimbabwe's Polls
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As residents of Zimbabwe hit the polls today in the country's presidential election, Global Witness called upon the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to fully investigate claims that President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party is attempting...
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Rough Markets
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Jul 31, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Global Witness Welcomes Continued EU Sanctions on ZMDC
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Global Witness welcomed the European Union's (EU) decision to keep the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) on the list of sanctioned businesses, at least for now. One week ago, the group requested the EU add...
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Fair Trade
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Feb 19, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Fair Trade
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Jun 26, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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The Apple Effect
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The recent protests against the labor conditions at tech giant Apple’s manufacturing facilities in China should serve as a wake-up call for the diamond industry. At the end of the day, ill-advised corporate social responsibility and...
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Rough Markets
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Feb 17, 2012
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Avi Krawitz
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Competitive NGO’s
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The recent withdrawal of Global Witness from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) generated much press coverage and interest. The move was inevitable but timely. The group’s frustrations reached a tipping point...
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Fair Trade
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Dec 16, 2011
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Avi Krawitz
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Partnership Africa Canada Commits to Kimberley Process
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Partnership Africa Canada (PAC), a founding member of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) civil society coalition, has pledged to stay in the scheme despite the withdrawal of its partner Global Witness last week. PAC...
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Fair Trade
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Dec 11, 2011
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Avi Krawitz
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Global Witness Withdraws From Kimberley Process
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Global Witness has withdrawn from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme charging that the organization has no interest to implement much needed reforms. ''Nearly nine years after the Kimberley Process was launched, the...
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Fair Trade
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Dec 05, 2011
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Avi Krawitz
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Civil Society Expresses Vote of No Confidence for Kimberley Process
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Press Release: Activist organisations today expressed a vote of no confidence in the Kimberley Process, and walked out of the scheme’s meeting in Kinshasa, in protest at its failure to address human rights abuses associated with the diamond trade.The Kimberley Process rough diamond certification scheme was designed to break the...
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Fair Trade
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Jun 23, 2011
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Global Witness
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