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Blood diamonds

March 2017

  • Informal diamond mining in Kono, Sierra Leone.

    Pastor unearths 706-carat giant diamond in Sierra Leone

    Government says it will hold transparent auction for giant gem, to the benefit of the community and country

September 2015

  • Gold miners form a human chain while digging an open pit in northeastern Congo<br>Gold miners form a human chain while digging an open pit at the Chudja mine in the Kilomoto concession near the village of Kobu, 100 km (62 miles) from Bunia in north-eastern Congo, February 23, 2009. Civil conflict in Congo has been driven for more than a decade by the violent struggle for control over the country's vast natural resources, including gold, diamonds and timber, most of which is exploited using hard manual labour. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

    Supply chain
    African nations work together to rid supply chains of conflict materials

    A new certification framework developed by a group of African nations now makes it easier for companies to weed out conflict minerals from their supply chain

August 2015

  • A man checks raw diamonds at the gold and diamond department at Sierra Leone Central Bank in Freetown.

    US national arrested on Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' charges

    Victims’ association says Spanish authorities have arrested Michel Desaedeleer, who is suspected of forcing civilians to mine diamonds in 1999-2001

June 2015

  • Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais sits in court in Luanda where he was given a six-month suspended sentence after being convicted of slander.

    Tiffany & Co backs investigative reporter in Angola blood diamonds case

  • Marques

    Greenslade
    Letter calls on Angolan president to drop charges against investigative journalist

May 2015

  • Rafael Marques de Morais

    Angolan journalist given suspended jail term over blood diamonds book

    Rafael Marques de Morais, an anti-corruption activist, handed six-month suspended sentence for defaming army generals
  • Rafael Marques de Morais

    Angolan journalist settles defamation case over blood diamonds book

    Deal means Rafael Marques de Morais is spared lengthy trial that could have resulted in nine-year prison sentence
  • Award-winning Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.

    Angolan journalist who accused generals of rights abuses faces court

    Reporter who accused Angolan generals of human rights abuses in the blood diamond trade stands trial on libel charges

March 2015

  • Rafael Marques de Morais supporters outside court

    Angolan journalist faces further charges over blood diamonds claims

  • Angola is the third largest producer of diamonds in Africa.

    Guardian Africa network
    Prison and intimidation: the price of being a journalist in Angola

October 2014

  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in a scene from Blood Diamond

    Movies and YouTube hits spurring action on supply chain issues

    Movies like Blood Diamond and YouTube hits such as Follow the Frog bring supply chain issues to the big screen but what are the ingredients for real change?

August 2014

  • Diamond skull: For the love of God, Damien Hirst

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: songs about precious stones

    Diamonds to pearls, rubies to emeralds, dig or dive deep for sparkling and inspired suggestions – you will find some gems, says Peter Kimpton

June 2013

  • Miners pan for diamonds

    Guardian Africa network
    Blood diamond trail leads to loopholes in Kimberley Process

    Pressure to extend oversight to government - as well as rebel - abuses as monitoring group meets in South Africa, says Greg Nicolson

February 2013

  • Zimbabwean women mining for diamonds in the Marange region in 2006.

    Death, sanctions and big business in the struggle for Zimbabwe's diamonds

    As sanctions against Harare come under review, MPs call for a FTSE 100 company to be investigated for its involvement in the strife-torn Marange diamond region

November 2012

  • Miners dig for diamonds in the Marange fields, Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe regime accused of stealing $2bn in diamonds

    Report claims that revenue from Marange fields has been channelled into 'parallel government' loyal to Robert Mugabe

July 2012

  • Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe

    Peter Hain urges wider Zimbabwe sanctions aimed at Robert Mugabe

    Human rights group says blood diamond money being siphoned to finance the president and his secret police

June 2012

  • Sierra Leone Diamond Mining

    Sierra Leone fortunes change as diamond trade brings back investment

    Returning multinationals create mining boom in once-war ravaged country synonymous with brutality and child soldiers

May 2012

  • War criminal Charles Taylor appeals for 'reconciliation not retribution'

  • Former Liberian president Charles Taylor

    Charles Taylor asks not to be jailed in UK

April 2012

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