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BBC panorama: Battle for Zimbabwe’s diamonds

By Munoda Mararike at August 10, 2011 | 1:17 AM | 3 Comments

I SAT in this sofa last night and watched the much-advertised BBC Panorama Programme on Zimbabwe's diamond industry called "Mugabe's Blood Diamonds".  I did not want to be guided by my intrinsic bias, but I thought it appropriate to key in salient points for further debate.  I have reproduced these in point form and would welcome healthy ideas based on critical more...

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