Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers
The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations.
Voice of America22d
Botswana, De Beers reach diamond sales agreement after years of negotiations
The government of Botswana and South African diamond firm De Beers say they have reached a new, 10-year sales agreement following talks that had dragged on since 2019. Analysts say the diamond ...
Reuters23d
De Beers, Botswana finalise talks on diamonds deal
CAPE TOWN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - De Beers has finalised talks on a rough diamond sales deal with the Botswana government and on extending mining licences for its joint venture there to 2054 ...
Bloomberg L.P.25d
Diamond-Dependent Botswana Needs Economic Reset, New Leader Says
Diamond-Dependent Botswana Needs Economic Reset, New Leader Says Country is richest in mainland Africa on a per-capita basis Boko to push for new industries, increase in state borrowing ...
Bloomberg L.P.28d
Botswana’s Leader Says Diamond Deal Reached With De Beers
Botswana’s president Duma Boko, who swept to power in October elections, said his government has reached a diamond extraction and sales agreement with De Beers that will bring certainty to the ...
Vanguard7d
Obasa denies allegations of arms cache discovery
The immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says allegations of a sudden discovery of a “cache of arms and ammunition” in his office are an attempt to ...
London South East19d
Botswana Diam Share Chat (BOD)
London South East prides itself on its community spirit, and in order to keep the chat section problem free, we ask all members to follow these simple rules. In these rules, we refer to ourselves ...
Forbes29d
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
According to the extensive Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arms transfer database, Syrian acquisitions in this period included more T-62 tanks, newer MiG-23 Flogger fighters ...
The New York Times28d
Quote of the Day: On Auschwitz Anniversary, ‘Great Sorrow’ for Rising Nationalism
“Memory, I think, is really the key for today’s time and the key for finding your position today.” PIOTR CYWINSKI, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum director, said his institution wanted to put ...
Sky20d
'Godfather' of AI warns arms race risks amplifying dangers of 'superhuman' systems
An arms race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, triggered by recent panic over Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, risks amplifying the existential dangers of superintelligence, according to one of ...
The New York Times23d
Standoff at Ukrainian Agency Disrupts Arms Contracts, Suppliers Say
Ukraine’s arms industry trade group has said that more than 80 defense companies, accounting for about a third of last year’s supplies to the army, “are unable to receive payment for ...