GLOBAL Witness said it withdrew from the Kimberley Process, an organisation it helped establish to monitor the sale of so-called conflict diamonds, over issues including a ruling to allow Zimbabwe to export gems.The London-based advocacy group pulled out after the "shocking" decision by the Kimberley Process last month to authorise exports by two companies operating in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields, it said in a statement. Members of Zimbabwe's ruling party may use revenue from the area to fund the intimidation of voters ahead of elections due next year, Global Witness said.
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