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• Briefing / April 1, 2013

  • Diamonds
  • Responsible Minerals
  • Zimbabwe

  The Kimberley Process

  We first exposed the problem of blood diamonds in 1998. Since then we've stayed at the forefront of the fight to clean up the diamond trade. Learn more.

  
• Report / June 11, 2012

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Financing a Parallel Government

  Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) appears to have received off budget financing from a Hong Kong-based businessman, Sam Pa.

  
• Report / Sept. 11, 2017

  • Diamonds
  • Responsible Minerals
  • Zimbabwe

  An Inside Job

  Global Witness has uncovered new evidence linking Zimbabwe’s state and partisan security forces to a decade of disappearing diamond wealth.

  
• Briefing / Dec. 6, 2018

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Leave no stone unturned

  Leave no stone unturned: Transforming Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond sector through extensive transparency reforms

  
• Briefing / Jan. 1, 2015

  • Diamonds
  • D.R. Congo
  • Zimbabwe

  What is Supply Chain Due Diligence?

  Unless companies make sure they are trading responsibly, they risk funding serious abuses overseas.

  
• Blog post / July 24, 2014

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Tenders and vendors—Zimbabwe’s ailing economy and another Dubai diamond sale

  Close to a million carats of Zimbabwe diamonds are up for sale in Dubai this week, with authorities reportedly hoping to sell them for an average of US$100 per carat
• Blog post / Oct. 2, 2014

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Sins of commission and sins of omission: Is Zimbabwe ready to fix its diamond sector?

  The news that the Russian diamond giant Alrosa will begin exploring for diamonds throughout Zimbabwe follows hot on the heels of unusually frank criticism by Vice President Joice Mujuru, on the failure of revenues from the country’s established and controversial Marange diamond mines to reach the Zimbabwean people.
• Blog post / Dec. 19, 2014

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Where is Zimbabwe’s Diamond Money Going?

  Zimbabwe’s National Budget Statement acts as a small window into the country’s notoriously opaque diamond sector.

  
• Blog post / April 17, 2014

  • Zimbabwe

  Disputes over diamond money cast a shadow on Zimbabwe’s Independence Day

  Zimbabwe’s Independence Day commemorations recall a time on 18 April 1980 when the country was filled with the hope of a new nation. Since then, its short history has been turbulent and this year is no exception, with discord over diamond money taking centre stage.

  
• Blog post / Feb. 10, 2017

  • Diamonds
  • Zimbabwe

  Who really owns Zimbabwe’s diamonds? The answer may surprise you (or not).

  Zimbabwe’s diamonds and natural resources ownership