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===Democratic Republic of Congo=== The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (formerly [[Zaire]]) has suffered numerous looting wars in the 1990s,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.miningafrica.net/mining-countries-africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/ |title=Democratic Republic of Congo |work=Mining Africa |language=en-US |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-date=31 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131192900/http://www.miningafrica.net/mining-countries-africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> but has been a member of the Kimberley Process since 2003 and now exports about 8% of the world's diamonds.<ref name=DFORGConflictbackground/> {{As of|2021}}, there is a warning concerning diamonds proceeding from this area<ref>{{cite web |title=Enforcement |url=https://www.kimberleyprocess.com/en/enforcement |website=Kimberley Process |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> since there have been multiple cases of fake Kimberley certificates accompanying the gems. One of [[De Beers]] most celebrated diamonds, the D-colour {{convert|777|carat|g}} [[Millennium Star]] was discovered in the DRC and sold to De Beers, in open competition with other diamond buyers, between 1991 and 1992.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |last2=McGreal |first2=Chris |last3=Vidal |first3=John |title=Blood, sweat and ice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/nov/09/features11.g2 |work=The Guardian |date=9 November 2000}}</ref>
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