Yet the rampant smuggling, though illegal, does not kill. And with peace restored in West Africa, it is tempting to think of blood diamonds as little more than a dramatic movie plot. Those who ...

NDASSIMA Central African Republic ... "traceability" scheme to show diamonds are not mined in rebel territory. But with only a handful of officials in its anti-smuggling taskforce, her cash ...

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Amazon is set to release its first original African movie, Gangs of Lagos, on Prime Video on April 7. The action crime thriller is directed by Jáde Osiberu ...

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer.

Diamond smuggling is widespread in CAR ... have set up a shell company in the Central African Republic (CAR) to secure and sell diamonds, say researchers from two groups, France-based All Eyes ...