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Outlining a new approach to Africa’s diamond problems The founders of the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) today released the mission statement and the objectives of their initiative17 August 2005
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Under-Mining Peace: The explosive trade in cassiterite in eastern DRC How the trade in cassiterite has fuelled conflict in eastern DRC30 June 2005
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Five years on: diamond trade still at risk from conflict diamonds The international diamond certification scheme is still having difficulty stopping conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate trade07 June 2005
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Progress and Setbacks at Kimberley Process Plenary Civil Society organizations present at the 2004 Kimberley Process Plenary meeting are very disappointed at the lack of action to improve the collection and analysis of rough diamond production and trade statistics29 October 2004
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Violence erupts in mineral rich Katanga…yet the international community Global Witness is greatly concerned by last week’s violence in Katanga Province, Southeastern DRC20 October 2004
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Conflict in Congo will persist unless natural resources are controlled The international community’s failure to reform the management of natural resources in the DRC is increasing the risk of the country sliding back into war, according to a new study06 July 2004
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Global Witness Calls on the European Commission and Member States to Adopt a Strong Regulation to Combat Trade in Conflict Diamonds Global Witness is calling for the European Commission (EC) and its 15 Member States to adopt a tough regulation to combat the trade in conflict diamonds.20 November 2002
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Branching out This report focuses on Zimbabwe’s logging ambitions in the DRC – potentially the world's largest ever timber deal07 February 2002