Monday, November 12, 2012

Ivory Coast wants UN diamond ban lifted

Nov 11, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish

Ivory Coast is calling on the United Nations to lift the ban on its diamond exports.

The embargo was imposed in 2005, during the civil war, to prevent the trade from financing arm purchases. But now that the war is over, the government says diamonds are no longer a threat to stability.

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