Congo's efforts to stop blood diamonds under scrutiny

"...The central African country was expelled in 2004 from the Kimberley Process, which regulates the majority of world diamond sales, because it could not account for most of its exports -- which were 100 times more than estimated local production. Mines Ministry Director-General Louis-Marie Djama said a Kimberley Process team had arrived on Tuesday for a week-long mission to assess the country's efforts to improve traceability. The team will visit the northeastern region of Likouala, where most of Congo's diamonds are mined, Djama said. Industry officials say the Congo Republic has been used as a conduit for diamonds mined across its borders in the larger Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola..."

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