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Zimbabwe villagers displaced by diamond mining hope to see action from government
2016-06-13 02:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Villagers re-located to a sprawling government-owned farm complex in eastern Zimbabwe to make way for the nation's biggest diamond field are hoping that President Robert Mugabe's move to take control of the valued resource will benefit them. More than 1,000 families were moved in 2009 from a village adjacent to the Chiadzwa diamond field in Marange to Arda Transau, a 12,000 hectare farm settlement about 40 km (25 miles) to the north with promises of a better life. Arda Transau was billed as...
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