Tommy Trenchard for NPR Bracing against the vibrations of the jackhammer, illicit diamond miner Jefferson Ncube bores steadily into the rock face before him, sending chunks of dry stone clattering to ...

Diamonds still fund budgets, towns and jobs across Africa. They shape government choices and household incomes.

GABORONE, Botswana — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies. Diamond-dependent Botswana is ...

In the cathedral-like atmosphere of the world’s diamond headquarters, where aged Havana leaf burns like incense and merchants converse in hushed tones, a change is slowly taking place. The De Beers ...

When Britain's Prince Harry chose an engagement ring for his fiancé Meghan Markle, the central diamond was sourced from Botswana. It was a nod to the time couple had spent in Botswana in 2016, but the ...

Offshore diamond prospecting threatens a fishing community in South Africa, while un-checked mining for the precious stones on land is silting up rivers in Zimbabwe. In Nigeria, serial polluter Shell ...

Each year thousands of people travel to Johannesburg for one reason alone, to shop at the Diamond Walk at Sandton City ( This ...