Diamond News

If you have ever wondered how violent armed groups can afford to pay and equip their fighters, even ...

If you have ever wondered how violent armed groups can afford to pay and equip their fighters, even ...

Andrei Vesselovski
If you have ever wondered how violent armed groups can afford to pay and equip their fighters, even in some of the world’s poorest countries, at least part of the answer is often found in and around these diamond and colour gemstone mining sites.

Whether it's Mexico's gold or Zimbabwe's diamonds, mining is riven with violence and business is complicit
The minerals trade is prolonging violence in Central African Republic, Mexico and Myanmar. There is no excuse for inaction