Zimbabwe's Marange output at 2m carats

Rights groups, which accuse Zimbabwe's security forces of widespread attrocities in a bid to stop thousands of illegal miners on the poorly secured fields in the eastern part of the country have been pushing for a ban on Zimbabwean diamonds.

Ministry of Mines secretary, Thankful Musukutwa, told a parliamentary committee the government was complying with demands from diamond trade regulator Kimberly Process, which last year gave the country six months to improve conditions in Marange.