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1700K 'human wall' to stop diamond smuggling? Only in Zimbabwe

Andrew Topf | November 22, 2011 | 7:05 am Africa Canada Europe Diamond 

Zimbabwe's efforts to declare its "blood-stained" diamonds clean is bordering (no pun intended) on the ridiculous, writes Tangai Chipangura, a columnist at News Day. Reporting on the country's mines minister saying he wants Zimbabwe to police the 1700-kilometre Zimbabwe-Mozambique border...

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