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The officers' deck of the SS Nujoma, a vessel built out of partnership between mining giant De Beers and Namibian Government, is seen during its official launch on June 15, 2017 in Walvis Bay Harbor, Namibia. Debmarine Namibia a 50:50 partnership between the Namibian government and De Beers launched the mv SS Nujoma, the world's most advanced diamond exploration vessel, named after the founding president of The Republic of Namibia, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, sucks up samples from 120 metres to 140 metres on the ocean floor at a faster rate than its predecessors and is also able to take up larger samples. The diamond mining industry has contributed an average of 8 percent to the country's GDP since independence in 1990. / AFP PHOTO / HILDEGARD TITUS (Photo credit should read HILDEGARD TITUS/AFP via Getty Images)
The officers' deck of the SS Nujoma, a vessel built out of partnership between mining giant De Beers and Namibian Government, is seen during its official launch on June 15, 2017 in Walvis Bay Harbor, Namibia. Debmarine Namibia a 50:50 partnership between the Namibian government and De Beers launched the mv SS Nujoma, the world's most advanced diamond exploration vessel, named after the founding president of The Republic of Namibia, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, sucks up samples from 120 metres to 140 metres on the ocean floor at a faster rate than its predecessors and is also able to take up larger samples. The diamond mining industry has contributed an average of 8 percent to the country's GDP since independence in 1990. / AFP PHOTO / HILDEGARD TITUS (Photo credit should read HILDEGARD TITUS/AFP via Getty Images)
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