The Government of Zimbabwe has ordered diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa and Chimanimani to stop operations and clear their equipment in 90 days as the government will take over all diamond mining operations in the country. President Mugabe has stated that the companies "looted" the country's diamond revenue as only about US$2 billion was remitted to treasury "yet we think more than $15 billion has been earned" in diamond mining.

Centre for Research and Development (Zimbabwe) has called upon the government to withdraw military personnel from the Marange diamond fields; require companies to submit audited reports, and make the reports public; investigate diamond executives and "hold them to account for resource plunder and human rights violations"; and create a "consultative forum for all stakeholders" to address those forcibly removed from the Marange diamond zones without compensation. 

The companies ordered to stop operations and vacate Marange diamond fields include Anjin, Diamond Mining Corporation, Jinan, Mbada Diamonds, DTZ Ozgeo, Rera, Gye-Nyame, Kusena and Marange Resources. Articles and statements relating to this story are below: