Spotlight | Angola
Luanda picks out new diamonds with old allies

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President João Lourenço may be working hard to breathe fresh life into the country's diamond industry, doing away with the practices of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos's era is proving more difficult. Even as the country opens its mines [.

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Spotlight | Angola
Luanda picks out new diamonds with old allies

Spotlight | Angola
MPLA bigwigs behind Hipergesta diamond empire

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