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KP DECLARES THREE NEW “COMPLIANT ZONES” IN CAR

Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Ahmed Bin Sulayem said that the KP Central African Republic (CAR) Monitoring team has declared three more sub-prefectures – Boda, Carnot and Nola – as ‘Compliant Zones’, Mining Weekly reports. This means that the exports of diamond from these areas can resume after being suspended for more than two years.

 

The KP banned exports of rough diamonds from the entire Central African Republic in May 2013 after rebels seized control of the country from the then-President Francois Bozize and evidence surfaced that they were using sales of diamonds to fund their activities.

 

In July 2015, the KP agreed in principle that the Central African Republic could resume exports as long as it established “green zones” and put in place procedures to ensure their diamonds could be traced to areas defined as compliant zones.

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