It's no secret that conditions are bad in Africa. This is the one idea that has been steadily conveyed to the public for years. There's never a shortage of movies that have to do with the plight of ...

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 ...

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JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe auctioned 900,000 carats of rough gems Wednesday from a diamond field where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and enslaved children. It was the ...

The Warner Bros. movie "Blood Diamond" has left the diamond industry furiously trying to do spin control as the trade group World Diamond Council launches a $15 million public-relations and education ...

The U.S. jewelry industry is gearing up to counter any negative effects from the upcoming film “The Blood Diamond,” which shows how illicit gem trade fuelled bloody civil wars, a trade group said. The ...

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 ...

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, ...