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  • Vol 49 No 8
  • 11/04/2008

Diamond power

Economic diversification is the centrepiece of President Ian Khama's strategy and its first test will be in the diamond business. Botswana, the world's biggest producer of diamonds by volume and value, opened a US$93 million sorting and valuing facilit...

  • Vol 49 No 1
  • 11/01/2008

Lev Leviev lands in London

Russian-Israeli diamond billionaire Lev Leviev, who owns diamond cutting and polishing factories in Angola, Namibia and Russia, has moved to London, where he has just bought a £35 million (US$70 mn.) in Hampstead.

  • Vol 48 No 23
  • 16/11/2007

Less blood on the stones

Blood diamonds are no longer a main concern for Africa's diamond industry. A reputation for fuelling conflict is no longer a big obstacle to sales, according to the 47 delegates, representing 73 countries, who met in Brussels on 5-8 November to discus...

  • Vol 48 No 23
  • 16/11/2007

Conflict diamonds change shape

After the diamond-financed horror stories in Angola and Sierra Leone wound down, the conflict diamond story changed shape and fell out of the headlines. There still worries about conflicts in Côte d'Ivoire and residual instability in Liberia, wh...

  • Vol 48 No 3
  • 02/02/2007

How crooks still exploit the system

Gems from war zones are part of a wider illegal diamond trade

  • Vol 45 No 5
  • 05/03/2004

Rough diamonds

A company with a controversial past blazes a new trail across the continent

  • Vol 43 No 12
  • 14/06/2002

Blood from stones

De Beers' diamond empire wants to polish its reputation – and its product

  • Vol 41 No 19
  • 29/09/2000

Dirty laundry

An arms and diamond trader linked to diamond-laundering in Liberia (AC Vol 41 No 13) has been gaoled in Italy for possession of cocaine.

  • Vol 41 No 16
  • 04/08/2000

Masters of war

The UN's latest probe into the arms-for-gems trade is exposing the political and business networks behind West Africa's wars

  • Vol 41 No 16
  • 04/08/2000

Tracking Angola's gems

A scheme to register diamonds and diggers may help to regulate the trade

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