Diamonds helped transform Botswana from one of the world’s poorest nations into one of Africa’s success stories.

A giant pink diamond found in Lesotho surprises the market: 108 carats, extreme purity, and a value that could reach tens of ...

A 170-carat pink diamond discovered in Angola may be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years, according to Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Company. Named the "Lulo Rose," the diamond was found at ...

(Reuters) - Petra Diamonds, which has the world's third-largest resource of diamonds, said on Wednesday it had delayed the sale of gems from its Cullinan Mine in South Africa until there was greater ...

With Anglo American redeploying its money into copper, Botswana and Angola are rivals to buy the De Beers diamond-mining ...

A diamond miner works in a mine in Mbuji Mayi, Congo, July 31, 2006 (AP photo by Schalk van Zuydam). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built ...