Despite industry claims, there are few controls to prevent diamond sales from financing violence and abuse around the world.

It is an industry that was supposed to be cleaned up, after the turn-of-the-millennium­ notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones ...

Slavery was supposed to be abolished, yet millions are still trapped in forced labor across Africa today. From child labor in ...

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and laptops ...

Sibusiso Nkomo, Africa programme manager at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), explains how the ...

Workers in Koidu, Sierra Leone spent their days sifting through dirt, hoping to find a life-changing diamond. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved ...

Under terms of new agreement, Botswana’s government will be allowed to sell 30% of rough diamonds mined through joint mining ...

He had a business plan that intrigued Gerstein. (Blood diamonds have funded devastating civil wars in Africa in the past and still contribute to exploitation, violence and environmental devastation.) ...

Gaborone, Botswana — The government of Botswana and South African diamond firm De Beers ... that include consumer worries over so-called "blood diamonds" and overall cautious consumer spending.