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This R&D provides resources on Zimbabwe’s nationalization of its diamond mines. President Robert Mugabe announced last week that diamond smuggling was costing his nation $13 billion per year and that a new state-owned company needs to seize the minds to prevent this. Although nationalization could enhance the size of the nation’s available wealth, it could also dampen the prospects of future foreign investment in the Zimbabwean economy. Private firms that work the mines, including one Chinese company, have vowed to fight Mugabe’s decision in court.
Diamond smuggling “may have cost Zimbabwe’s economy $13 billion” https://t.co/WeGg4co0nE pic.twitter.com/nTcMGVoYRK
— Bloomberg Business (@business) March 6, 2016
Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe says diamond miners have “robbed… our wealth”, Reuters reports https://t.co/ZLAdHv2chF pic.twitter.com/qH0yIkfFur
— BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) March 4, 2016
Zimbabwe court orders return of firm to diamond fields, defying Mugabe https://t.co/8VMVWKZJ1Y
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) March 4, 2016
Mugabe Accuses Diamond Firms of Robbing Zimbabwe https://t.co/t9bezZKpvh #Zimbabwe pic.twitter.com/jH1zKAiZhF
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) March 4, 2016
Robert Mugabe to nationalise Zimbabwe’s diamond industry https://t.co/9AmAFRpyGT
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 3, 2016
Robert #Mugabe admits to what many of us, incl. @crdzim, @Global_Witness and #Zimbabwe‘s opposition have long known: https://t.co/ABqmL8sdWx
— Jeffrey Smith (@Smith_JeffreyT) March 7, 2016
Mugabe says will nationalise Zimbabwe’s diamond mines https://t.co/QNCx2CRdLC pic.twitter.com/nc9gxxJa53
— eNCA (@eNCA) March 5, 2016
Robert Mugabe announces government to take over all Zimbabwe’s diamond operations https://t.co/gVzObnSYmp pic.twitter.com/0uLhX88o6w
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 3, 2016
We’ll mine our own…Zimbabwe’s president kicks out private diamond miners https://t.co/lmmLJqORcg via @upi
— Skip Dillard (@mixcom) February 26, 2016
Zimbabwe: Govt Not Going Back On Diamond Mines Takeover: [The Herald] Cabinet has approved the tak… https://t.co/nLTbLjOeGY – AllAfrica
— Breaking News Africa (@BreakingNewsAfr) February 26, 2016
Zimbabwe beefs up security at its #diamond fields after evicting miners https://t.co/CCasAnJmqr pic.twitter.com/exy1hEi152
— Thomas Biesheuvel (@tbiesheuvel) February 25, 2016
Zimbabwe government to take over all diamond mines: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has announced that the … https://t.co/tcUyPNzU6K
— Malaysian Insider (@tm_insider) March 4, 2016