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An aerial view of the Karowe mine, Botswana. Image: Google Earth
A mega diamond of a staggering 1,174 carats was recently recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, making it one of the largest natural diamonds ever recovered.
More remarkably, the stone was found alongside several other similar diamonds weighing 471, 218 and 159 carats – suggesting the original diamond could have had a weight of more than 2,000 carats when it first formed.
The latest discovery is hot on the heels of another mega diamond of more than 1,000 carats which was recovered from the Jwaneng mine, also in Botswana, only a few weeks ago.
Why are we seeing a sudden rush in the recovery of these mammoth gems?
Oil field
The last few weeks must go down as season of bitter pills that made some Nigerians holding certain ideological belief or agitating for one thing or the other to squint over the unpalatable news before them. In a way, the season was inaugurated by the arrest and extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which sends cold shivers down the spine of many of his adherents. Before one could say jack, news about the raid of Sunday Igboho’s residence that resulted to a bloody encounter and loss of lives gives you another sour taste. In the same pace and manner, the ruling government extends the bitter pills well beyond the secessionist wailers to resource control agitators of the oil producing communities in the Niger Delta. A region in the South South of the country where crude oil is explored, exploited, exported and earns the nation economic power in foreign currency.
Ghasia zaendelea Afrika kusini
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Maduka na maghala nchini Afrika kusini yameporwa Jumanne kwa siku ya tano mfululizo, licha ya hatua ya rais Cyril Ramaphosa kupeleka wanajeshi mitaani ili kuzima kudhibiti hali.
Ghasia tayari zimesababisha vifo vya watu 45. Wakati uporaji mkubwa ukifanyika kwenye mji mkuu wa kiuchumi wa Johannesburg pamoja na jimbo la kusini mashariki la KwaZulu Natal.
Mzozo umezuka kwenye uwanja wa kisiasa, ambapo wapinzani wakuu wa Afrika kusini wanawashtumu watu wenye msimamo mkali kwa kuchochea ghasia. Wanajeshi elfu 2,500 wamepelekwa kusaidia polisi, waliokua wamezidiwa.
Lakini idadi hiyo ni ndogo sana ikilinganishwa na zaidi ya wanajeshi elfu 70 waliopelekwa kwenye mitaa mwaka jana, ili kusaidia kuimarisha masharti makali ya kupambana na janga la corona.