2002-11-03 04:00:00 PDT London-- Representatives of 45 countries that produce, sell or trade in diamonds are about to endorse the beginnings of a system to prevent Africa's warlords from fueling their ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - The Hollywood movie "The Blood Diamond" about gem smuggling in Africa could hinder Sierra Leone's postwar recovery as its struggles to legitimize its vital diamond exports, ...

Diamonds: carbon, transparent, expensive, symbolic of love and commitment — and many of them come dripping with human rights abuses. They also come with a heavy environmental burden, even the ...

HARARE (Reuters) - At least $2 billion of diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields have been stolen by people linked to President Robert Mugabe's party, a diamond watchdog has said, although the state ...