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Blood diamonds

One of the SA government’s biggest diamond-buying clients accused in US ‘terror funding’ Hezbollah saga

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One of the SA government’s biggest diamond-buying clients accused in US ‘terror funding’ Hezbollah saga

By Caryn Dolley

Mining’s image is so toxic the Red Cross won’t take its money

Business Maverick

Mining’s image is so toxic the Red Cross won’t take its money

By Ed Stoddard

Book Extract: Buying the US presidency – the apartheid connection

South Africa

Book Extract: Buying the US presidency – the apartheid connection

By Hennie van Vuuren

Diamonds are not necessarily forever

Africa

Diamonds are not necessarily forever

By ISS Today

By Unknown Author

Zimbabwe: Marange diamond fields firms ‘captured’ by sinister spooks, state elites

Africa

Zimbabwe: Marange diamond fields firms ‘captured’ by sinister spooks, state elites

By Kristen Van Schie

Newsdeck

Angolans vote for president as dos Santos retires

By News24

Analysis: The book club that terrified the Angolan regime

Africa

Analysis: The book club that terrified the Angolan regime

By Simon Allison

Review: The book about Angolan blood diamonds that landed Rafael Marques in court

Africa

Review: The book about Angolan blood diamonds that landed Rafael Marques in court

By Mercedes Sayagues

Analysis: Why states recover

World

Analysis: Why states recover

By Greg Mills

Kimberley Process: Follow the diamond blood trail

South Africa

Kimberley Process: Follow the diamond blood trail

By Greg Nicolson

DRC coup plot: Rebels claim they have access to weapons stashed by ‘Merchant of Death’

Africa

DRC coup plot: Rebels claim they have access to weapons stashed by ‘Merchant of Death’

By De Wet Potgieter