Diamonds keep shifty reputation as African nations attempt to go straight
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Having been the best friends of some of the nastiest putschists and warmongers on the planet, diamonds are slowly but with considerable difficulty coming clean.
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African leaders have vowed to speed up  the economic and political integration of their continent to  pursue the goal of a United States of Africa, but they also  agreed to study more closely how to achieve it.
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An improving political climate, and the   potential for major mineral discoveries, has reawakened   interest in Africa among Australian mining companies that have   traditionally rated the continent too risky.
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A global diamond trade organization   embarked on Wednesday on a campaign to counteract any negative   publicity stemming from a new Hollywood movie and a rap song   about conflict or blood diamonds.
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African nations have taken big  strides in reducing corruption over the past 10 years, the World Bank says.
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South Africa's largest mining company, Anglo American, tries to defuse an investment row with President Mbeki.
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&quot;The Blood Diamond,&quot; a film in  production starring Leonardo DiCaprio, could hurt diamond sales  and the livelihoods of people in Africa, industry leaders  warned on Tuesday.
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Botswana president Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party led in early results today and, with the opposition split, looked set to win overall in parliamentary elections in the world&#39;s biggest diamond producer.
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African people affected by landmines are anxiously waiting for a determined common African action on landmines, an African Union (AU) official told the opening session of a four-day conference on landmines.
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JOHANNESBURG -- As China extends its reach ever more deeply into Africa's economies,  one country has quietly but aggressively moved in the opposite direction, with its companies becoming major players in booming Chinese industries.
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Conflict diamonds Â diamonds used to finance some of the most brutal warfare of the last two decades Â have become a fashionable concern among entertainment figures.
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The U.S. jewelry  industry is gearing up to counter any negative effects from the  upcoming film &quot;The Blood Diamond&quot; which shows how illicit gem  trade fueled bloody civil wars, a trade group said.
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Africa is starting to enjoy economic growth again after years of dismal statistics, but to cut poverty and be more competitive its countries must invest more in manufacturing and improve their export performance, a major United Nations report on the
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GABORONE  - Queues of voters in diamond-rich Botswana waited patiently to cast their ballots in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa&#39;s most stable countries.
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It&#39;s commonly said in Africa that Rwandan President Paul Kagame has few equals as a military strategist but falls short on the niceties of diplomacy.
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Since yesterday, leaders of countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been meeting in Mauritius. The tone of the speeches presented so far suggests that the meeting will not be any different from previous ones. The ...
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Hollywood's take on "conflict diamonds" has brought attention back in a big way to how gems associated with wealth and glamour have too often meant war and suffering in Africa.