GABORONE, Botswana — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal gives ...

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Botswana has taken a major step in its battle to protect the future of natural diamonds after joining the World Federation of ...

GABORONE, Botswana — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built on ...

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In a historic discovery, a 2,492-carat diamond has been unearthed at Botswana’s Karowe Mine, the largest diamond found in more than a century. This massive gem, which is the second-largest diamond ...

Three oversized diamonds, one the size of a tennis ball, were found in the same Botswana mine within 72 hours. The most impressive gem, coming in at a sparkling 1,109 karats, is the second largest ...

A worker inspects a diamond during a polishing process in Gaborone, Botswana, March 18, 2008 (AP photo by Themba Hadebe). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana ...