Illegal miners of diamonds in Zimbabwe are getting involved in clashes with security forces as fewer resources in the country leads more to the trade. From the LA Times: Ronald seems a sober, respectable, church-on-Sunday type. Not the kind you’d find prospecting for diamonds here in Zimbabwe’s wild east, a world of swaggering foreigners, dirty money and [...]

The Zimbabwe Army lashed out against currency brokers in an attempt to address cash shortages. From the AFP (via Google News): Zimbabwe’s army beat up and arrested illegal foreign currency traders in the streets of Harare on Monday, accusing them of causing the country’s severe cash shortages, police said. Soldiers clashed with dealers after the armed forces began [...]

The Governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank told a conference that 10,000 people were entering Zimbabwe each month to traffic in illegal diamonds.  From The Herald (via AllAfrica.com): Over 10 000 people from all over the world are visiting the eastern border town of Mutare every month for illegal activities involving diamonds, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon [...]