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Nonagenarian Mugabe’s darkest secret: An U.S.$990bn blood diamond mine he’s running with China’s Red Army

Nonagenarian Mugabe’s darkest secret: An U.S.$990bn blood diamond mine he’s running with China’s Red Army

Across a remote tract of southern Africa, naturally fortified by mountains and patrolled by hundreds of soldiers with dogs trained to tear intruders apart, teams of mining experts are hard at work. Yet they are not speakers of Shona, the native language of this land on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. No, thousands of […]

Zimbabwe Marange Blood Diamonds – How Army Killed My Brother

Zimbabwe Marange Blood Diamonds – How Army Killed My Brother

THIS week the Zimbabwe Independent which in December last year began publishing fresh stories based on our ground-breaking investigation into the Marange alluvial diamonds discovery and subsequent looting exposes how the military’s “Operation Hakudzokwi” resulted in untold suffering, arbitrary arrests and deaths of innocent diamond miners in the hands of state security forces. This special […]

Convicted Angolan Journalist Trial Violated International Law

Convicted Angolan Journalist Trial Violated International Law

The American Bar Association Center for Human Rights released a report today concluding that the trial proceedings of Angolan journalist and human rights advocate Rafael Marques de Morais, convicted last month on charges of slanderous denunciation for asking for an investigation of serious human rights abuses, was marred by significant irregularities in violation of his […]

Journalist trial puts Angola’s reputation in the dock

Journalist trial puts Angola’s reputation in the dock

Reporter who accused Angolan generals of human rights abuses in the blood diamond trade stands trial on libel charges LUANDA (Reuters) – An Angolan journalist who accused generals of human rights abuses in the illicit diamond trade faces libel charges in court on Thursday in a case that is putting the spotlight on a major […]

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