The government of Botswana has suggested that it might dump a 50-year diamond extraction and sale partnership with mining giant De Beers.

Speaking at a political rally last Sunday, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi suggested they wanted more from the partnership and were already lining up a replacement company should negotiations with De Beers, a subsidiary of Anglo American, fail...

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