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South African President Jacob Zuma’s unhelpful attitude towards Zimbabwe, especially at the United Nations, was likely to complicate relations between South Africa and Britain, the head of the Southern Africa section in the Foreign and Commonwealth Sarah Riley said shortly after the signing of the Global Political Agreement.

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African Diamond Producers say Zimbabwe should now be allowed to sell its diamonds from Marange without any hindrance because its mines are compliant with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. The…

Failure by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to reach a decision to allow Zimbabwe to sell its rough diamonds from Marange will not change anything. Zimbabwe will continue to sell…

Zimbabwe’s diamonds from Marange have not been cleared despite the announcement on Thursday that agreement had finally been reached.

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This is a question we have asked since the formation of the inclusive government. The only reason we continue to ask this question is that this country is endowed with…

Britain’s Minister of International Development Andrew Mitchell says although British aid to Zimbabwe is not channelled through the government but through “trusted partners” like the United Nations Children’s Fund, his officials have regular contact with Zimbabwean ministers and senior officials to ensure the best possible coherence with plans of the Zimbabwe government.

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The Zimbabwe diamonds saga does not seem to have ended despite reports that the Kimberley Process which met in Kinshasa from Monday to Thursday has given the country the green-light to export diamonds from Marange’s two mines, Marange Resources and Mbada.

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The  former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Vatican Archbishop Celestino Migliore told a United States official in 2001 that President Robert Mugabe’s son was a key player in the exploitation…

Britain was so optimistic two days before a United Nations Security Council meeting in July 2008 that China and Russia would support a resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe that…

British Foreign Minister Lord Howell of Guildford told the House of Lords this week that the International Criminal Court which was established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes against humanity has no jurisdiction over Zimbabwe because it is not a signatory to the Rome Statutes that govern the court.

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