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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) announced today the release of its Standards & Guidelines for Sierra Leone’s Artisanal Diamond Mining Sector. The release, in partnership with Sierra Leone’s Network Movement for Justice and Development, is the first comprehensive guide to a sector that was until recently plagued by armed rebellion and horrific violence.
7×7 GlamWatch Calls Out Brilliant Earth
Friday, May 9th, 20087×7 Magazine in San Francisco does gorgeous photos and stylish spreads, so we’re pretty thrilled that Brilliant Earth is profiled on their GlamWatch Blog. Thanks guys!
Gem Mine Tragedy in Tanzania
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Last month saw small-scale miners in Tanzania devasted by floods in the tanzanite mines near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. At least 70 miners died in the flooding, with national response hampered by power cuts due to the storms.
Brilliant Earth on Weddingbee.com
Friday, May 2nd, 2008The Weddingbee.com community shares their love for conflict free engagements and Brilliant Earth on May Day! We love hearing about the happy memories our customers have about finding their engagement ring. And ‘zilla, we just want to say that we agree with you that Kimberley Process certification is not enough to guarantee that a diamond […]
Investors Urge Responsible Mining in Guatemala
Monday, April 28th, 2008Shareholders in Canadian mining firm are exercising their influence in support of human rights in Guatemala. A group of shareholders from Canada and Sweden have reached an agreement with Goldcorp Inc., which has agreed to commission an independent human rights impact assessment of its operations in Guatemala.
The investors spent more than two years trying to […]
Pete Wentz, Conflict Free At Heart
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 […]
Country Update: Congo Violence Continues
Monday, April 7th, 2008The Democratic Republic of Congo has abundant natural resources, including diamonds, cobalt, copper and petroleum, but little to show for them. Conflict over resource management has led to bloody conflict and the deaths of literally millions of Congolese. Today, while the conflict has formally ended, the violence and misuse of resources has not.
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 […]
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