JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Central African Republic has been suspended from the Kimberley Process, a global watchdog set up to halt the trade in 'conflict diamonds', after a rebel coalition seized power there in March, a diplomatic note said on Monday.
The document, signed by current Kimberley Process chair South Africa and sent to the 80 member states, said certified diamond trading with the impoverished and coup-prone central African nation had been halted with immediate effect.
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