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Zimbabwe: Who wins and who loses in the rush for diamonds? Source: Tawanda Mufute, ATRDT secretary, inspects one of the dilapidated four-roomed houses built by Anjin in ARDA Transau. © Farai Shawn Matiashe The list of hardships and suffering linked to Zimbabwe’s diamond mines is growing longer by the day. Since diamonds were discovered in the Marange fields in 2001, non-governmental organisations have been looking into abuse and dodgy dealings: The Marange diamond fields are in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, in eastern Zimbabwe. Thousands of people have been displaced to make way for mining o...

Diamond smuggling. The Marange diamond fields are in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, in eastern Zimbabwe. Thousands of people have been displaced to make way for mining operations. Chinese mining companies and the Harare government made big promises to the displaced people, and their hopes are fading, with people saying they were duped to move out of their ancestral lands. When Zimbabwean villagers from Chiadzwa were relocated to Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA) Transau, a state-owned farm in Odzi, about 40km from Mutare, to pave way for diamond mining, they were promised better lif...