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The article fuses on revenue earned by the Central African Republic (CAR) through the export of rough diamonds even though it has been suspended from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Topics discussed include need to place conditions on CAR before the Kimberley Process lifting the diamond export ban, robbery and extortion as means by which armed groups Anti-Balaka and ex-Séléka earn profit and pie chart showing profit made by the CAR through the diamond trade.

The article reports on the Centenary Diamond Conference that was held on June 20-21, 2013 in Angola. It mentions that Angola's vice-president Manuel Domingos Vicente puts forward his country desire in the meeting that the country to be selected as vice-chair of the organization Kimberley Process for 2014 as the country is the world's fifth-largest diamond producer. It also informs that the meeting discusses the issue that country requires foreign investment to explore its diamond industry.

Information on topics discussed at a meeting of diamond industry organized by the diamond exchange Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) and India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) held in New Delhi, India is presented. Topics discussed include difference over vice chairmanship of an initiative of government and diamond industrialist Kimberley Process, commitment of industrialist to support the World Diamond Council (WDC) and views of GJEPC's Chairman Vipul Shah, on the same.

The article focuses on establishment of Kimberley Process which is used for resolving conflicts of synthetic diamonds. Topics discussed include use of chemical vapor deposition process to create synthetic diamonds using nanotechnology in Japan for research purpose, work conducted by Gemological Institute of America (GIA) on identifying kit for diamond companies, and views of Susan Flamn, senior counsel at the U.S. Jewelers Vigilance Committee, on legal implications upon synthetic diamonds.

The article offers information on the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism seminar on its regulatory policies conducted by the Panama Diamond Exchange on July 22, 2014. Topics discussed include updates on the measures needed to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for preventing the infiltration of diamonds, the seminar presented by Cecilia Gardner, president of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee, and Panama on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist.

The article focuses on a statement issued by Avi Paz, president of the World Diamond Council (WDC), at the Plenary Session of the Kimberley Process (KP) in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2013 regarding the awareness that the KP spreads for the conditions of miners. Topics he discusses include the conflict diamond crisis, amendment of the bylaws of the WDC and the commitment of the Civil Society Coalition to the KP.

The article informs that World Diamond Council (WDC) president Eli Izhakoff focusing on the protection of citizens in the diamond-producing countries and need to save the images of the diamond and the diamond industry among jewelry consumers in his speech at the intersessional meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP) held in Kimberley, South Africa. He also focuses on inviting government into the diamond industry to end the conflicts related to trading of diamonds.

The article offers the author's insights about the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. An overview about the scheme, which was introduced in 2003, is provided. The author also talks about the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process both in reducing the number of conflict diamonds in the pipeline and helping bring about the end of several of the original conflict situations in Africa.

The author reflects on the role of the Kimberley Process (KP) in South Africa in ending the trade in conflict diamonds. According to the article, the KP draws attention to and helps eliminate the revenues coming to those who will take advantage of the rough diamond resources of Africa to serve their unscrupulous ends. The KP is said to be successful in reducing the incidence of conflict diamonds but has been criticized for being not severe enough to eliminate all possible loopholes.