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Article

16 Oct 2001

Author:
SouthScan

Angola: Conflict diamonds ban fades as the magic bullet for Africa's civil wars

Scepticism about the campaign to end the trade in 'conflict diamonds' appears to have been borne out by the latest UN report. This says that more than $1 million worth of diamonds are still being smuggled out of Angola every day and that the Unita rebel movement take at least a quarter of the illegal trade to fund its war effort.