Global Witness

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.
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Campaign group Global Witness has said the report of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary enquiry into missing diamond revenues detailing some of the hidden interests in the country’s multi-billion dollar diamond industry, notably the security…
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A document seen by Global Witness indicates that a company named “National Reconstruction Group, (NRG), hid a stake, held by ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe’s ruling party, in one of the diamond companies. Yet no mention was made of this during the…
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Powerful military and political elites and security forces have controlled and secretly exploited Zimbabwe’s once promising diamond sector, while concealing the scale of the loss to its people, a new report from Global Witness reveals.
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Authorities in Zimbabwe are considering cutting the number of companies mining diamonds in Marange to one from the current seven so as to improve accountability and transparency.
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An NGO suing President Robert Mugabe in an attempt to force early elections in Zimbabwe is actually a bogus outfit being funded by the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) using money from the secretive ‘Operation Spiderweb.’
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Global Witness today called on EU foreign ministers to strengthen measures which restrict sales of diamonds from Zimbabwe's controversial Marange region to Europe.
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A decision by controversial diamond mining firm Anjin Investments to suspend 1,500 workers, who went on strike demanding better pay and working conditions, has opened up a can of worms with several workers speaking out for the first time.
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Tens of millions of dollars in diamond profits perhaps more are being secretly extracted from state-owned mines in eastern Zimbabwe, bypassing the nation’s treasury writes Maureen Gombakomba
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Human rights group Global Witness has recommended an investigation into the activities of mysterious Chinese business tycoon Sam Pa, diamond firm Anjin Investments and Sino Zimbabwe.
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