The reality is that there’s still virtually no way of knowing whether a diamond ... At first, it all seemed to work: Within a few years, conflict diamonds had plunged to just 1 percent of ...

“Thousands had been killed, raped, injured and enslaved in Zimbabwe, and the Kimberley Process had no way to call those conflict diamonds because there were no rebels,” says Smillie. Even in ...

Some couples were looking for sustainable and ethical alternatives to traditional diamonds, to avoid inadvertently purchasing “conflict diamonds”—those mined in war zones to fund violent ...

Otiumberg emphasises materials like recycled gold and conflict-free diamonds certified by the Kimberley ... “Creating something wonderful is pointless if no one can afford it.

Currently, conflict diamonds are fuelling civil war in the Ivory ... which has sharply cut the trade in illicit stones. No. At the Kimberley Process review in Botswana last month, Ghana was ...