The UN Security Council decided Friday to place sanctions on Liberia’s diamond exports and a travel ban on senior officials because of Monrovia’s role in fomenting Sierra Leone’s civil war ...

UN Security Council's resolution lifts the diamond embargo that has been in place since 2005 and relaxes an arms embargo to allow security forces to acquire small-caliber weapons ...

The UN Security Council voted unanimously to lift a ban on Liberian diamond exports imposed in 2001 when so-called "blood diamonds" were being used to fuel civil wars in west Africa.

By Michelle Nichols and Joe Bavier UNITED NATIONS/ABID (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is set to partially ease a decade-long arms embargo on Ivory Coast and lift a ban on diamond exports ...

NEW YORK, NY (ANI) – The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations recently organized the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Hindi Diwas in New York on November 22, 2024. This landmark event ...

Ivory Coast's diamond mines are all in rebel-held zones. Elections meant to end the stalemate and reunite the country are five years overdue, but currently scheduled for October 31.

The West African country, emerging from a decade-long crisis that culminated in a brief 2011 war, is pressing the UN Security Council to end the embargo, which was put in place nine years ago in ...

The United Nations said it plans to deploy more peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic diamond-mining town of Bangassou to stem a recent wave of violence.

The export of diamonds from CAR was banned in May 2013 by the Kimberley Process, which represents 81 countries, including the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and all major diamond ...

. The U.N. Security Council has lifted a ban on diamond exports from Ivory Coast and also moved to ease an arms embargo on the West African nation. The council on Tuesday adopted a resolution ...

UN celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Hindi Diwas in New York ANI | Updated: Nov 24, 2024 09:38 IST ...