A major international environmental group is pulling out of the process to guarantee that diamonds do not come from conflict zones, saying the Kimberley Process had refused "to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny."
A major international environmental group has pulled out of the process to guarantee that diamonds do not come from conflict zones, saying the Kimberley Process had refused "to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny." So why are so-called "conflict diamonds" so controversial?
Each year the West showers the Southeast Asian country with more aid, hoping it will clean up its act. But China isn't making it easy
Fortune: Vulture warsupdated: Tue Jun 20 2006 14:07:00
DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, President of the Republic of Congo, was back in New York City in early June, his first visit since last September, when his $82,000 Palace Hotel bill made headlines in this ma...
Fortune: The vulture warsupdated: Fri Jun 09 2006 17:21:00
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo, was back in New York City in early June, his first visit since last September, when his $82,000 Palace Hotel bill made headlines in this magazine and elsewhere.
Fortune: Congo's tin menupdated: Thu Apr 27 2006 11:04:00
Pascal Kasereka emerges from a forest carrying his weight in rocks slung over his back. "We are lucky to have these rocks in the earth," says the 16-year-old, who has spent two days walking from a ...
Pascal Kasereka emerges from a forest carrying his weight in rocks slung over his back. "We are lucky to have these rocks in the earth," says the 16-year-old, who has spent two days walking from a ...
The recent controversy over an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea has focused attention on a rapidly growing oil sector and the jinx that seems to accompany Africa's mineral wealth.
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