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Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the JCK Las Vegas show, and many (including this reporter) had just got off a red-eye flight from the Nevada city.
“A very good morning to you all,” the event’s star guest said after introducing the standard list of dignitaries in the room. Underwhelmed by the mumbled…
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