Zimbabwe

Valentine’s Day: The Hidden Cost of Jewelry – Jewelers Should Come Clean (HRW)

Each year on February 14th, many people celebrate Valentine’s Day, the day of romance. They exchange cards or gifts with their ‘valentine’. This day is today and it is the perfect occasion to draw attention to a very sensible topic: conflict minerals. This is not new on the...

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, bringing an end to 37 years of rule and sparking jubilant celebrations in the nation’s street, we can read on the BBC website . This news is making the headlines, and rightfully so. In 2013, in our post about conflict minerals,...

Zimbabwe and a decade of disappearing diamonds

In 2013 we wrote: Robert Mugabe: the missing diamond revenues and the election. Four years have past and nothing much has changed: Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, is, since 1987, President of Zimbabwe at 93 years old, and diamond trade is still one of the biggest issue in the country....

Anti-NSA Rallies, Zimbabwe, The coal industry, Solar Powered Plane, South Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Thousands to Join 'Restore the Fourth' Anti-NSA Rallies, Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Streaks Ahead, The Coal Industry Knows That Enviros Are Winning, Solar Powered Plane Finishes Final Leg Of Flight To New York City, and the 2nd...

Robert Mugabe: the missing diamond revenues and the elections

In our Top Stories / Must read post published last Sunday, we mentioned the fact that a Kimberley Process loophole was raising concern. And Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be pretty much concerned about it. In an article published on NorthJersey.com, Zimbabwe Parliament committee...

Nelson Mandela, ‘intervention brigade’ for Congo, Zanu PF

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Paris makes Nelson Mandela honorary citizen, Brigade will join UN peacekeeping force to help defend against rebels in eastern Congo, and Zanu PF Vows to Resist Security Sector Reform. - Paris makes...

Advocacy Training, International Women’s Day, Kenya’s election results

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Enough Project hosted an advocacy, media, and development training in Washington, D.C., Reporters Without Borders sends an open letter to the authorities in Tunisia, International Women’s Day...

DR Congo, Ushahidi, Zimbabwe and Connie Hedegaard

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Clashes in DR Congo, Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award, assault on freedom of expression and access to information in Zimbabwe, and Connie Hedegaard on the United States combating climate change. - DR...