Sentences with phrase «diamond fields»

For millions of years diamonds have been carried to the Atlantic by the Orange River, creating one of the richest alluvial diamond fields in the world on the West Coast.
Eira Thomas burst into prominence at the Lac de Gras diamond fields where she discovered Diavik at age 24.
But this is the most glaring criticism yet: Global Witness — an organization that helped to establish the Kimberley Process — has officially withdrawn from KP because of the scheme's «shocking» decision in November to allow exports by companies operating in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields — and because the Kimberley Process can't guarantee that its conflict - free diamonds are actually free of conflict.
During the 1990s, and into this decade, rebel armies in parts of Africa exploited alluvial diamond fields to finance wars against legitimate governments.
Klerksdorp is approximately 190 km from Johannesburg on the N12 down to Kimberley (Treasure Route) where you can find gold mines and diamond fields.
Farai Maguwu — recipient of a Human Rights Watch award for «his tremendous courage in exposing abuses in Zimbabwe's diamond fields and working to end rampant violations of human rights throughout the region» — has been arrested multiple times and was recently banned from leaving the country.
Maguwu, who focuses on the Chiadzwa diamond fields, says that whenever a Kimberley Process official visits the diamond fields, there is an upsurge in violence, with soldiers victimizing ordinary civilians.
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