Farai Maguwu

Human rights activist Farai Maguwu who has put his life on the line researching and documenting horrific abuses in the Marange diamond fields is the guest on Question Time and answers questions from SW Radio Africa listeners.
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KWEKWE- Police and illegal panners are engaged in furious running battles here following the invasion of Sherwood Farm by panners searching for alluvial gold. The injured were admitted at Kwekwe General Hospital. Police have, however,…
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The Kimberley Process (KP) has thrown away its main point of leverage over the Zimbabwean government by allowing it to export diamonds from the controversial Marange region without first fulfilling previous commitments to reform its diamond…
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Mines Minister Obert Mpofu’s personal wealth came under the spotlight during a conference at University of Witwatersrand in South Africa to discuss resource governance of Marange diamonds recently.
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Prosecutors have dropped charges against Zimbabwean activist Farai Maguwu, who had been accused of endangering national security by exposing rights abuses in diamond fields, his lawyer said Friday. "The state has withdrawn charges against…
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They locked him up in remand prison for nearly 40 days on dubious charges of communicating falsehoods but now diamond rights activist Farai Maguwu has landed the top job coordinating the technical team of the Local Focal Point (LFP) for the…
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Human rights lawyer Tinoziva Bere has been representing persecuted rights activist Farai Maguwu who was forced to spend nearly 40 days in remand prison on cooked up charges. In this update Bere tells us of the latest struggles in Maguwu’s…
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This week on Behind the Headlines SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma speaks to Tinoziva Bere, one of the lawyers representing human rights activist Farai Maguwu. Bere and his team watched helplessly as Mugabe’s regime put pressure on the…
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition calls on the government of Zimbabwe to urgently put in place the necessary measures to ensure transparency and accountability to the people of Zimbabwe on the extraction of Marange diamonds and how their…
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HARARE— A judge in Zimbabwe has freed a human rights activist jailed for more than five weeks on allegations of passing false information on diamond-mining violations to the international diamond control body. Judge Mawadze Gurainesu on…
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