The Heart of the Matter
Author | : Ian Smillie |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780756707927 |
ISBN-13 | : 0756707927 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: How diamonds have been the cause of widespread death, misery, & destruction for almost a decade in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Through the 1990s, Sierra Leone's rebel war became a tragedy of major humanitarian, political & historic proportions, but the story goes back 60 years, to the discovery of the diamonds. The diamond mining sector has become influenced by organized crime & by the smuggling not just of diamonds, but of guns & drugs, & by vast sums of money in search of a laundry. No peace agree. would be sustainable until the problems of mining & selling diamonds had been addressed, both inside Sierra Leone & internationally. Tables.