The Central African Republic (CAR) said Friday it has convinced the regulatory body for global diamond trading to end a decade-old export embargo.

And as Mwanza’s life demonstrates, diamond mining even outside a conflict ... “The Central African Republic is a classic case of blood diamonds, exactly what the Kimberley Process was intended ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) sought Tuesday to convince the regulatory body for global diamond trading to lift all ...

The mining of diamonds to finance international ... but also the Central African Republic) managed to prevent an evolution of the concept of “blood diamonds” by decrying a “politically ...

African Diamonds remains on target to get its flagship project, the AK6 diamond mine in Botswana, into production by 2009. The final hurdle, the mining licence, was submitted in the third quarter of ...

The US government banned imports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe earlier this month over concerns that forced labour was being used in the African nation's mines. Zimbabwe has dismissed the ...

The Central African ... to several mining sites to verify compliance of extraction and marketing practices with international standards, designed to prevent the export of "blood diamonds" mined ...