Botswana’s state-owned diamond mining partnership with De Beers, called Debswana, has announced it’s halting operations at some of its mines. Debswana also says that revenues have dropped 50% amid an international decline in the value of diamonds. The World’s Carolyn Beeler talks with Joel Konopo, who manages a Botswanan investigative outlet called INK.
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