Botswana and Angola are stepping up cooperation to protect the value of natural diamonds as producers face growing competition from cheaper laboratory-grown stones and weaker global demand.
The two countries, which together account for almost 30 percent of global rough diamond production by volume, have agreed to deepen collaboration in the industry, potentially giving African producers greater influence over how the global diamond market evolves.
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