At odds for decades, Morocco and Algeria have entered what some see as the fiercest arms race in North Africa in years. Inside Story asks where this arms race will leave North Africa and what France and the US, vying for influence there, can do to prevent a deterioration in an already volatile region.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"