Staring Into The Abyss Of Civil War, Zimbabwe Is Now Cursed By Wealth
Although, under the current circumstances and in a more stable country, the presence of the army (above) at the Diamond Fields would be welcome in order to protect the nation's resources, the current situation where we see uniformed forces becoming mining moguls should all give us cause for concern. Put this together with the fact the defence forces themselves are factionalised, each supporting one or the other faction in ZANU PF, then you have a recipe for cooking up civil war Harare, Zimbabwe, 21 September 2009 You have probably read the story below this one, about a group of reporters that went undercover into the Marange Diamond Fields to report on the abuses there. But the absolute shock comes from the revelation in that story that at 400 square kilometres, the Marange Diamond Fields are probably the biggest the deposit of the precious mineral in the WORLD. It is amazing how many people are not aware of this fact. This makes our diamond wealth bigger than Botswana's which ...