International plunge in diamond value is bringing Botswana with it
by editors@theworld.org (Chris Harland-Dunaway ) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XW0F)
Botswana's state-owned diamond mining partnership with De Beers, called Debswana, has announced it's halting operations at some of its mines. Debswana also says that revenues have dropped 50% amid an international decline in the value of diamonds. The World's Carolyn Beeler talks with Joel Konopo, who manages a Botswanan investigative outlet called INK.