Mauritania dismantled nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024
Mauritania shut down nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024, with dozens more disrupted in just the first few months
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday.
The Botswana government says the huge as-yet-unnamed diamond 2,492-carat diamond is the second biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905.
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