U.S. Chair of the Kimberley Process Gillian Milovanovic discusses KP's recent decision to allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds.
The newly-appointed U.S. chair of the international diamond watchdog has called for a review of what constitutes a "blood diamond."
A major international environmental group is pulling out of the process to guarantee that diamonds do not come from conflict zones, saying the Kimberley Process had refused "to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny."
One of the founding members has pulled out of the process to guarantee the origin of diamonds. Robyn Curnow reports.
A major international environmental group has pulled out of the process to guarantee that diamonds do not come from conflict zones, saying the Kimberley Process had refused "to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny." So why are so-called "conflict diamonds" so controversial?
Walking through the jungle in the dead of night with a group of Rwandan rebels best known for their expertise at rape and murder wasn't exactly what we had planned for our first trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. All we wanted was to make a little film about the controversy surrounding the so-called conflict minerals that make our cell phones work, drop a couple Conrad references, and drink a Primus. Just one Primus.
CNN's Robyn Curnow asks Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti how he is steering the country onto a path of economic stability.
International investors looking to tap into Zimbabwe's economy should not be deterred by its political problems, the country's finance minister has said.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted his war crimes trial again Wednesday after judges rejected a delayed summary from his defense team, a court official said.
In August 2010, the former chief prosecutor in the trial of Charles Taylor told CNN how there's a great deal at stake.
The United States is providing millions of dollars to fund the trial of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president charged with war crimes for his alleged role in a civil war that killed tens of thousands.
Ernest Bai Koroma is the fourth president of Sierra Leone, a nation still very much living in the shadow of a brutal decade-long civil war that only ended in 2002.
CNN's Mary Snow explains why a provision on Congo "conflict minerals" is contained in the finance reform bill.
The man who accepted three uncut diamonds from supermodel Naomi Campbell and held them privately for years is stepping down as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the fund said.
Zimbabwe launched its first multi-million dollar diamond sale this week since obtaining certification last month that the nation's precious stones are harvested humanely and are not "blood diamonds."
The attorney for former Liberian President Charles Taylor accuses the former agent for Naomi Campbell of lying.
The attorney for former Liberian President Charles Taylor accused the former agent for supermodel Naomi Campbell of lying in her testimony at an international court Tuesday.
At Charles Taylor's trial, the actress claims the supermodel boasted of getting diamonds from the Liberian leader
Actress Mia Farrow is expected to testify at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia who prosecutors allege funded a brutal civil war using blood diamonds.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell testifies at The Hague in a trial involving former Liberian president, Charles Taylor.
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