Africa
Lucara Sold Botswana’s Motswedi Diamond After GIA Confirmed the 2,488-Carat Karowe Crystal as the Second Largest Ever Mined
International News
agosto 22, 2024
Lucara Sold Botswana’s Motswedi Diamond After GIA Confirmed the 2,488-Carat Karowe Crystal as the Second Largest Ever Mined
Lucara pulled a 2,492-carat Type IIa diamond from Karowe in August 2024. After cleaning it weighed 2,488.32 carats and was named Motswedi. GIA tested it in Gaborone. The rough sold…
Kruger Rangers Found a Suspected Poacher Dead After an Elephant Stomp at Stolsnek
Environment
octubre 26, 2021
Kruger Rangers Found a Suspected Poacher Dead After an Elephant Stomp at Stolsnek
Kruger National Park spokesman Isaac Phaahla said rangers on an anti-poaching operation found a male suspect's body at Stolsnek after an elephant stomp. Accomplices had left him. No animal was…
Kenya Jails Market Traders for Plastic Bags While the U.S. Still Argues Over a Checkout Fee
Environment
febrero 18, 2020
Kenya Jails Market Traders for Plastic Bags While the U.S. Still Argues Over a Checkout Fee
Kenya's plastic-bag ban still carries prison time or a $40,000 fine. Small vendors get cuffed. Nairobi still buries a fifth of its trash in plastic the law never touched.