Basket 0 Items

Diamonds

news by category: Diamonds

Found 13 articles.

Vol 51 No 23
19th November 2010

A multi-faceted business

Intrigue over the ownership and profits from the rich Marange diamond fields is causing dissension in State House

Vol 50 No 22
6th November 2009

Blood on the stones

Israel and Hezbollah are challenged: where did the blood diamonds go? They never went away

Vol 49 No 24
28th November 2008

Slowdown hits the sparklers

New diamond mines no longer seem the prospect they once were

Vol 49 No 8
11th April 2008

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 facility i...

Vol 49 No 1
11th January 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
16th November 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 discuss th...

Vol 48 No 23
16th November 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, where ...

Vol 48 No 3
2nd February 2007

How crooks still exploit the system

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

Vol 45 No 5
5th March 2004

Rough diamonds

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

Vol 43 No 12
14th June 2002

Blood from stones

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

Issue archive

Search our 12-year online archive

Archive Alternatively, contact us to find out about access to more than 50 years of the world's best fortnightly newsletter on African politics.

Looking for a specific issue of Africa Confidential?

FREE EMAIL ALERTS

Need to know what's really happening in political, diplomatic and security circles across Africa?

Then sign up today to receive our FREE email alert service, from Africa Confidential’s Editor, Patrick Smith, and you'll be one of the first to find out what's happening – and understand the implications for your organisation.

You get the latest Africa Confidential headlines delivered direct to your email inbox every fortnight, plus a FREE COPY of 'The Editor's Choice' – 66 pages of the very best recent articles from Africa Confidential.