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October 17, 2023
Central Africa
The Lumumba Plot
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
September 26, 2023
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
Kim Budil, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, discusses the recent achievement of a net energy gain from a nuclear fusion reaction and its implications for the futu…
August 23, 2023
China
Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World
In Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes China's attempts to become a media, information, and influence superpow…
October 10, 2006
Development
Diamonds for Development
Watch Botswana President Festus G. Mogae discuss how diamond production has shaped the country's economy and development.
June 22, 2012
China
Diamonds Are Forever in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean finance minister, Tendai Biti, has complained that that the Zimbabwean-Chinese joint venture diamond mining company Anjin failed to remit revenue to his ministry from its operations in…
February 11, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Where is Zimbabwe’s Diamond Revenue?
Zimbabwe’s public account is down to its last $217. The finance minister says the country’s finances “are in paralysis.” How can that be? Zimbabwe’s diamond fields at Marange could hold between two a…
