Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the Central African Republic to confiscate and sell diamonds amassed by traders worth millions that could be fuelling militia violence and child labour.

At least one million African workers earn pennies a day in the backbreaking effort to find diamonds, which themselves have no intrinsic value at all, but serve as symbols of love, wealth and power, ...

A diamond can cross borders faster than a suitcase of cash. It leaves no paper trail. It fits in a pocket. It can buy guns. Some of the world's most expensive wars have been funded not by oil or gold, ...

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are diamonds mined in areas controlled by armed groups and sold to fund wars. These groups use the money to buy weapons, support fighters and continue ...