Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case gets underway
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: 1610Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches climax
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: 950Celebrities back call to boycott Botswana diamonds
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: 574Protestors Gather At Tiffany Stores Worldwide
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: 1163EX-River Ranch managers had UNDP permits 17 months after their contracts had ended
Region: ZimbabweThree 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: 1491Government confirms River Ranch vehicles were registered in the name of UNDP
Region: ZimbabweTwo 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: 1575Black Mask on Glory of Diamonds
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: 1210Search for Diamonds Unearth Oldest Shipwreck
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: 1999What’s a blood diamond’s worth ?
Region: United StatesWatching 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: 3019Underwear Made of Diamonds
Region: SingaporeSingapore – 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
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