New Research - Report: $2 Billion in Diamonds Stolen From Zimbabwe Fields

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Report: $2 Billion in Diamonds Stolen From Zimbabwe Fields

A rights group says nearly $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields since 2008, with the money going to cronies of President Robert Mugabe.

 Partnership Africa Canada says Zimbabwe's minister of mines, Obert Mpofu, has allowed military and security officials to plunder the fields for personal gain instead of using the diamonds to help turn around Zimbabwe's ailing economy.

 The Canada-based non-profit says "hundreds of millions of ...

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