2008

This week, Fatal Transactions and other NGOs sent a letter to the Chair of the Kimberley Process asking to stop the trade in diamonds from Zimbabwe because these are covered in conflict and violence.

The UN Group of Experts calls upon the UN Member States to hold their national companies who are directly or indirectly trading the minerals with the armed groups to account and buyers.

Fatal Transactions was invited by the Bank to comment for the second time on the Environmental and Social Statement. The Bank still lacks clear reference to European laws and regulations.

Fatal Transactions was invited by the Bank to comment for the second time on the Environmental and Social Statement. The Bank still lacks clear reference to European laws and regulations.

Fatal Transactions Conference big success, more than 100 participants Digging for Peace. The Conference was hosted this year by Fatal Transactions member BICC.

On Thursday October 16th, Fatal Transactions in cooperation with De Beers hosted the first 'Diamond Dialogue' in Brussels.

Fatal Transactions has asked members of the European Parliament to vote for Abot Apollinaire Malu-Malu to win the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

The registration for the international Fatal Transactions conference "Digging For Peace
Private Companies and Emerging Economies in Zones of Conflict" is closed.

A lot is being said but little is being done at the EU to adress the problems or develop the benefits of natural resource extraction in Africa.

On the eve of the start of the promised renegotiation of mining contracts in DR Congo, Congolese and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today called on the DRC government to shed light on the renegotiations of mining contracts.