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Failure to Suspend Zimbabwe Allows for Sale of 'Blood Diamonds' - HRWThe credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today. (AllAfrica)
Remarks by President Obama and President Ian Khama of Botswana after Meeting
Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009: (AllAfrica)
SADC Summit Begins in Maputo
A SADC Summit on Zimbabwe, aimed at reviving the troubled inclusive government, kicked off in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday. (AllAfrica)
Advocacy Group Calls for Monitoring Force
Advocacy group the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), has called on SADC leaders to send a monitoring force into Zimbabwe, until a free and fair election to be held in 2011. (AllAfrica)
Govt Escapes Diamond Trading Ban
Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems. (AllAfrica)
Summit Seeks to End Harare Crisis
Zimbabwe's feuding political leaders are in Maputo, Mozambique for a Southern African Development Community (SADC) defence and security organ summit that will seek to end the three-week impasse in Harare's fragile coalition. (AllAfrica)
Country Escapes Diamond Ban
The government's campaign to lobby for support of the country's continued participation in the global diamond trade has paid off, with the country escaping a ban by international diamond regulatory body, the Kimberley Process. (AllAfrica)
Govt Blames Regulator for Diamond Problems
ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country. (AllAfrica)
No to Donor Dependency
Government will this year make farming inputs available to farmers at reduced prices for the summer cropping season in a bid to end donor dependency, President Mugabe has said. (AllAfrica)
Tsvangirai, Mugabe to Attend Summit in Maputo
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will today attend a regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique, in a bid to thrash out disputes undermining the Harare inclusive government. (AllAfrica)
ZIMBABWE: Kimberley Process ignores its own advice
JOHANNESBURG, Thursday, November 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems. (irinnews.org)
Group won't suspend Zimbabwe on mining abuses
An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that Zimbabwe's military had organized smuggling syndicates with the government's permission and used "extreme violence" against illegal miners. .
(Topix.net)All Foreigners to be reduced to minority shareholders
A possible company ownership structure in Zimbabwe has shaken the business community in the country.
(Topix.net)Diamond body ducks calls to suspend Zimbabwe over abuses
Zimbabwe on Thursday evaded a temporary ban from a global scheme to ban trade on conflict diamonds despite calls for the country to be suspended over human rights abuses in its gem fields.
(Topix.net)GCN Founder denies allegations as Oxfam Novid confirms
The Zimbabwe Guardian on Thursday 05 November 2009 reported that Oxfam Novib in The Netherlands confirmed that there were reports of financial impropriety concerning GCN in Zimbabwe and they have commissioned an extra audit, from the annual one, to investigate the allegations.
(Topix.net)ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
(Topix.net)First picture of coup plotter Simon Mann with wife after five years in African jail
Freed mercenary Simon Mann celebrated his freedom with his wife Amanda today as he thanked people for the 'warmth' shown since his release from a 34-year jail sentence for his part in plotting a coup.
(Topix.net)Zimbabwe News Update: VP Mujuru Blasts MDC-T Over Disengagement
Mujuru blasts MDC-T over disengagement Bindura Bureau Zimbabwe Herald Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday blasted the MDC-T's disengagement from Government, saying it was a ploy calculated to derail preparations for the forthcoming agricultural season and discredit the land reform programme.
(Topix.net)Vehicles worth £350k seized in car-clocking probe
Police have seized £350,000 worth of cars in Leeds as part of a probe into an alleged car clocking fraud and money laundering by three Zimbabweans.
(Topix.net)Lesbian grows male sexual organ in bed
A lesbian who claimed to have been impregnated by another woman has given birth to a child with a tooth, disparate arms and a crooked leg, reports said.
(Topix.net)Call for African troops in Zimbabwe
The influential Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa in its new report "Zimbabwe: A way forward", calls on SADC to intervene more vehemently in Zimbabwe.
(Topix.net)CIO wants me silenced at KP summit
A top Zimbabwean human rights campaigner on Wednesday said the country's Central Intelligence Organisation spy agency has tracked him to an international summit in Namibia to try to stop him from exposing the serious human rights violations his organisation has compiled in the controversial Marange diamond fields.
(Topix.net)Diamond trade finds regulatory loophole in Mozambique
This dusty border town in southern Africa has become a major hub for trading rough diamonds, but there is a problem: Mozambique doesn't produce any of the sparkling stones. (Topix.net)
Mugabe's heavy tactics to stay in gem market
Zimbabwe looks set to escape any punishment over its trade in blood diamonds after a ruthless lobbying campaign by Robert Mugabe's regime that included intimidation of a key witness at an international summit in Namibia.
(Topix.net)Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses
Kimberley Process, decided to send a monitor to decide whether future exports of rough diamonds from the troubled Marange fields in eastern Zimbabwe could be certified as not supporting conflicts. Hum... (ZimbabweStar.com)
Diamond body calls for Zimbabwe's suspension
Submit your comment Zimbabwe on Thursday evaded a temporary ban from a global scheme to ban trade on conflict diamonds despite calls for the country to be suspended over human rights abuses in its gem... (ZimbabweStar.com)
Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses
JOHANNESBURG — An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators ... (ZimbabweStar.com)
Diamond body calls for Zimbabwe's suspension
Submit your comment Zimbabwe on Thursday evaded a temporary ban from a global scheme to ban trade on conflict diamonds despite calls for the country to be suspended over human rights abuses in its gem... (ZimbabweStar.com)
* Harare escapes censure by diamond organization
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Sunday, Nov 08, 2009, Page 6 An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuels conflict will not suspend Zimbab... (ZimbabweStar.com)
Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses
JOHANNESBURG — An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators ... (ZimbabweStar.com)
Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses
JOHANNESBURG — An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators ... (ZimbabweStar.com)