All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to academics documenting the process, De Beers effectively admitted to the presence of conflict diamonds, and then became actively involved in the Kimberley Process, only because of the impact that negative publicity -- generated by non-governmental organisations such as Global Witness -- was having on the demand for diamonds. Advocacy groups were juxtaposing diamonds...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... until Zimbabwe ends all abuses and removes the military from the area. With the failure of the Kimberley Process to stand resolutely for clean diamonds, it is now up to consumers to insist on conflict-free gems, Human Rights Watch said. The Kimberley Process, an international body governing the diamond industry, held a plenary meeting November 2 through 5 in Swakopmund,...
WWD (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The future of the Kimberley Process and the global image of the diamond industry hung in the balance after the organization’s annual meeting ended Thursday in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The future of the Kimberley Process and the global image of the diamond industry hung in the balance after the organization’s annual meeting ended Thursday in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...
Secondo Protocollo UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... say representatives of the diamond industry and watchdog groups. Any country belonging to the Kimberley Process, the international undertaking against conflict diamonds, can block Zimbabwe’s suspension from the group, which critics say would undermine its ability to police the industry. Human rights advocates worry that nations in the region, particularly South Africa, the regional...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Members of the Kimberley Process, a global body created to curb trade in diamonds to fund wars, would strive for consensus over Zimbabwe's membership and avoid a vote, the chairman of the organisation said yesterday .
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
AS members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme convene in Swakopmund today for a Plenary Meeting that will last until Thursday, various human rights groups calling for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the scheme have dismissed the KPCS as a failure.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A key moneyspinner for President Robert Mugabe's supporters is threat from a summit on 'blood diamonds'.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A four-member team of senior Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources officials will join other high profile players in the international diamond industry for a meeting in Namibia next month that analysts say will either make or break the Kimberley Process as an organisation.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Zimbabwe can continue mining diamonds under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme after the 70-member international diamond trade body accepted that Zimbabwe was reforming its mining practices.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... on Zimbabwe to clean up a lawless field, but has stopped short of suspending the country from a process meant to keep "blood" gems off the market. Kimberley Process investigators had recommended Zimbabwe be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling diamonds from the field in the troubled country's east. In a communique...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Yet the Kimberley Process, the diamond body, said those gems don't qualify as "blood diamonds," and instead of sanctioning Zimbabwe is giving the country another chance to get its Marange fields under control.In a confidential report obtained by The Associated Press, investigators for the Kimberley Process had recommended that Zimbabwe be suspended, meaning many consumers...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Johannesburg - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say Zimbabwe should be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling gems out of a diamond field in the troubled country's east. Human rights groups have made similar accusations, but the charges carry particular weight coming from Kimberley Process investigators who visited...
Trade Africa (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Zimbabwe has escaped suspension from the Kimberly process - the certification scheme which regulates the sale of so-called blood diamonds. Instead, the 70-member international diamond trade body has agreed to give Zimbabwe more time to reform its mining practices. Rights groups alleged soldiers killed about 200 people at a diamond field last year, which the government denies. The decision came...
