Conflict Diamond Issues
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Friday, April 25th, 2008Yup, it’s true, People Magazine reports that Pete Wentz bestowed a conflict free diamond engagement ring on his fiancee Ashlee Simpson. Wentz even called out his conflict free cause at the recent NME Awards by wearing a t-shirt with the message “Coltan is a Conflict Diamond,” referring to the metallic ore largely found in the […]
Côte d’Ivoire Election Date Set
Monday, April 21st, 2008Rapaport News reports that a date has finally been set for the much-delayed presidential election. Côte d’Ivoire will hold their elections on November 30, 2008. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire welcomed the news, but peace remains a fragile state of affairs in the country, and the UN […]
Côte d’Ivoire Arms Still Funded by Conflict Diamonds
Thursday, April 17th, 2008All Africa reports that an April report by the UN’s Group of Experts, which report to the UN Security Council, has found that both the the national army, Defence Forces of Cote d’Ivoire, and the former rebel army Forces Nouvelles have been violating a UN arms embargo and using diamond mining to fund weapons purchases.
The […]
Sierra Leone’s Slow Road to Recovery
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Sierra Leone’s harrowing civil war left a country littered with victims. Victims whose limbs were amputated, victims of brutal sexual assault, victims who are still struggling to put their lives back together ten years on. And there are the other victims, the children who were recruited into the armed militia, who were given drugs and […]
US Diamonds Don’t Match Up
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Once again, US diamond exports exceed imports–despite the fact that no diamonds are produced in the US.
2007 estimates show 1.366 million carats of rough diamonds imported into the U.S., while 1.788 million carats were exported from it.
Great Q&A on conflict diamonds for kids
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Since we keep tabs on media coverage of conflict diamonds and hang on to the articles we find interesting, we’ve posted the standouts from 2007 and late 2006 to share with you. We hope you’ll get a chance to read some of the articles…there’s roundups on business, government, community and advocacy, regulation, and mining and […]
Environment & Mining Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
Violence & Smuggling Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
Community & Advocacy Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental regulations, and industry […]
Regulatory Roundup 2007
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008To keep our website up to date with the important issues and concerns in our work, we read a lot about conflict diamonds. And the global nature of the conflict diamond trade means that it gets covered from many different angles — in terms of human rights, civil conflict, environmental concerns, governmental and regulatory agencies, […]
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