Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addresses his party supporters at a rally in Chitungwiza, 25km south of Harare on November 8, 2009. Tsvangirai appealed to President Mugabe to treat his party as equal partners in the global political agreement.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila speak to the media after their meeting at the State House in Harare, November 2, 2009. Kabila is in the country to mediate between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA).
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives for the burial of a prominent member of his party, Misheck Chando, in Harare, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Mugabe says he is committed to working with his estranged prime minister despite his assessment that the former opposition leader is "not mentally stable" for boycotting the coalition government.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: Afghan security personel secure the area near the Bekhtar guesthouse after an attack by Taliban militants on Octber 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the UN six of its staff were killed and nine wounded in the attack on the Bekhtar guesthouse. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which took place as Afghanistan prepares for the upcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
Zimbabwe's wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu, right, stumps at Bangladesh's Roqibul Hassan's wicket during their one day international cricket match in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
Did Robert Mugabes security forces seize control of a lucrative diamond field by gunning down hundreds of miners? With shocking evidence now uncovered, Zimbabwes diamond trade faces suspension.
"We were told here are the guns, sitting in the truck, do you want to stay?" says Andrew Cranswick, CEO of the mining company who owns the rights to mine diamonds in Marange.
After his company was evicted, the Marange fields were opened up to the people and tens of thousands of Zimbabweans came to dig, paying the police a commission. Yet the police didnt always play fair - "$15 million worth of diamonds were confiscated", says one former miner and soon the police were replaced by Mugabes own military.
"Mugabe needed a way to buy the loyalty of the army" says Ken Roth, "the military were ordered to kill".
In the first week of November, helicopter gunships launched a massacre on the Marange diamond fields. Evidence has been collected of 200 deaths. Those who werent killed were raped or crippled.
"They told us if we wanted to go home we had to sleep with the men", says one woman, "the soldiers watched and laughed".
Next month, the Kimberley process, the international body charged with stopping trade in conflict diamonds, will decide whether Zimbabwe should be suspended.
Yet with many Western governments involved in Zimbabwes diamond trade, a former delegate of the Kimberley process believes this deadly business may yet be protected.
Produced by SBS Dateline, distributed by Journeyman Pictures.
Grannies change into their sporting attire under a tree before a soccer match in Nkowankowa Township, outside Tzaneen in the Limpopo province, about 600 km (372 miles) outside Johannesburg in this October 9, 2009 file photo. World Cup fever has spread to South African grannies, with hundreds of poor, elderly women in aprons and skirts fighting for the ball in township games. Twice a week they swap domestic chores for football, donning soccer boots instead of their usual rubber sandals to play in local matches.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives at Entebbe international airport, 42km (25 miles) south of Uganda's capital Kampala, October 21, 2009. Mugabe is attending the African Union summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa to be celebrated in Kampala.
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