Cartes de la République Centrafricaine

Diamants, conflits et criminalité en République centrafricaine : la levée du dernier embargo du Processus de Kimberley

For over a decade, the Central African Republic (CAR) has been at the center of international efforts to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. In 2013, the Kimberley Process (KP) imposed a rough diamond export embargo following a violent coup and widespread reports of rebel financing through diamond mining and trade. While the embargo was partially eased between 2015 and 2019, further progress stalled amid rising geopolitical tensions. Most mining zones remained under embargo until November 2024, when the KP – rather abruptly – lifted the remaining restrictions, citing improved conditions.

Map Pastoralism Ouham Pendé

Map Pastoralism Ouham Pendé (2019)

Each year the annual migration of transnational transhumance through the prefecture of Ouham-Pende, in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), uproots a deep-seated mistrust between nomadic