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Botswana, Southern Africa
Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

Published on 26.04.2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 min

One of the most pressing issues facing the certification body's new executive secretary, Bojun Tang, will be the issue of Russian diamonds.

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Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

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Angolan President Joao Lourenco (C) watches as Endiama CEO Jose Manuel Augusto Ganga Junior (L) shakes hands with Alrosa CEO Sergei Ivanov (R), in the Kremlin in Moscow, 4 April 2019.

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Botswana's Mining Minister Lefoko Moagi.

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President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi and Minister-President Jan Jambon, in Brussels on 17 February.

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Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last