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Tag: Diamonds

 

Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case gets underway

Survivalinternational Region: Botswana

Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to... more

Views: 1610
 

Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches climax

Survivalinternational Region: Botswana

On January 17th, Botswana’s Court of Appeal will begin a hearing to decide  whether Kalahari Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water. The Bushmen, who returned to their lands in the Ce... more

Views: 950
 

Celebrities back call to boycott Botswana diamonds

Survivalinternational Region: Botswana

Survival International will tomorrow call for a boycott of Botswana diamonds over the government’s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen. The tribal peoples’ rights organization is also urging the public to boyc... more

Views: 574
 

Protestors Gather At Tiffany Stores Worldwide

Survivalinternational Region: Botswana

 Survival International supporters demonstrated on February 3 outside Tiffany stores in London, San Francisco, Madrid, Paris, and Berlin to protest at the company funding water boreholes for game animals on Bushman la... more

Views: 1163
 

EX-River Ranch managers had UNDP permits 17 months after their contracts had ended

Charles Rukuni Region: Zimbabwe

  Three people seconded to River Ranch diamond mine by a South African-based company had valid United Nations Development Programme permits five to 17 months after their contracts had been terminated.   The th... more

Views: 1491
 

Government confirms River Ranch vehicles were registered in the name of UNDP

Charles Rukuni Region: Zimbabwe

Two vehicles with civilian number plates belonging to River Ranch diamond mine were indeed registered in the name of the United Nations Development Programme. This was confirmed by the then secretary for Transport and C... more

Views: 1575
 

Black Mask on Glory of Diamonds

Ramanujam U Region: India

  Diamonds were first discovered in India and until the 1725 (when diamonds were discovered in Brazil) India was the only world's source for diamonds. But since then much changed and India isn't any longer associa... more

Views: 1210
 

Search for Diamonds Unearth Oldest Shipwreck

Rodrick Mukumbira Region: Namibia

What might turn out to be the oldest shipwreck in the sub-Saharan African region has been discovered in diamond-rich Namibia. The country’s diamond mining company, Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a 50-50 joint venture b... more

Views: 1999
 

What’s a blood diamond’s worth ?

Habibou Bangré Region: United States

Watching Blood Diamond makes the heart beat fast, fills the eyes with sadness, anger and hope, and pushes brain’s activity to the max. One thousand questions come in and out, the most reccurent one being: what’... more

Views: 3019
 

Underwear Made of Diamonds

Gnette Region: Singapore

Singapore – A thong made of diamonds that is worth S$168,000 (U.S. $122,000) is the main attraction in recently held lingerie fashion show in Singapore. The very expensive thong made by Triumph has 518 diamonds and ... more

Views: 2059




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