Zimbabwe: Global Witness Welcomes EU Decision to Maintain Sanctions Against Zimbabwean Diamond Sector

18 February 2013
press release

Global Witness today welcomed news that EU foreign ministers have agreed to maintain restrictive measures against state-owned Zimbabwean diamond mining company, ZMDC, but warned that gaps in the sanctions list could mean Mugabe's forces still receive off-budget revenues from diamond sales.

The London-based campaigning group last year published detailed evidence indicating that revenues from joint-venture diamond mining companies, of which ZMDC is the Zimbabwean partner, are providing off-budget financing to ZANU-PF controlled security forces with a history of committing electoral violence.

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