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.
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.
Denford Magora's Zimbabwe Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The reddish-coloured diamonds of Marange in Zimbabwe have now been banned from trading by the Kimberley Certification Process Scheme, but diamonds from the rest of Zimbabwe will continue trading unabated. The Zimbabwe Government says it is earning only US$20 million a month from Marange diamonds, although Gideon Gono of the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank has said that sales of diamonds...
Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Sarah Childress's opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal ( November 6, 2009 ) about trading of Zimbabwean rough diamonds in Mozambique was interesting. Members of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme issued a toothless statement in Namibia declining ( November 5, 2009 ) to suspend Zimbabwe from the organization over its failure to take strong action on human rights and other...
Trade Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Windhoek/Maputo - Zimbabwe avoided suspension from the global certified diamond trade on Thursday after an international diamond watchdog decided to give the country more time to polish up its diamond dealings. The Kimberley Process Certification Sch...
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 Zimbabwe...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
INVESTIGATORS for the world's diamond control body have said Zimbabwe should be suspended from its certification scheme because its security forces are raping women, kil
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
INVESTIGATORS for the world's diamond control body have said Zimbabwe should be suspended from its certification scheme because its security forces are raping women, kil
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Zimbabwe has done everything possible to ensure full compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme principles, Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu has said.
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The report was presented to Kimberley Process Certification Scheme officials, who were expected to decide this week on what to do about the southern African country. Their investigators recommended that Zimbabwe either be suspended or voluntarily suspend itself until it has met minimum standards for remaining part of the process.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Rapes and killings may earn mining suspension 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...
IOL (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
By Donna BrysonJohannesburg - 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...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... have made similar accusations, but the charges carry particular weight coming from Kimberley Process investigators who visited Zimbabwe in June and July. Their recommendations are in a confidential report obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday. Zimbabwean authorities have repeatedly denied such charges, including in statements to Kimberley Process investigators and officials....
