A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

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João, an Angolan diamond miner or garimpeiro in Lunda Sul, the dream of diamond riches fades under false hope, armed guards ...

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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- First there were "blood diamonds," the gems that fueled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was "conflict cocoa," the chocolate source ...

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds or dirty diamonds, are stones mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflicts, human rights violations and illicit activities.

Alluding to sanctions on Russian diamonds by the European Union, Repkin accused the West and its companies of trying to gain a hold over the global production and processing of diamonds.

Miners dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Nov. 1, 2006. The United States and its Western allies are feuding with Russia over its diamond production, but they joined forces Wednesday ...