Blood Diamonds

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Social Issues

 

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Benjamin E

 

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December 8, 2014

 

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University

 

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(Renner, 2002, p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and the corruption that surround them. The fight for control of these diamonds in Sierra Leone started a ten year civil war between the Government Allies and the Rebel United Front (RUF) that killed more than 50,000 people, displaced half the country’s population, and subjected a country to horrendous human rights violations...
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This conflict brings up the following questions: 1. What role do diamonds play in such a conflict? 2. Who is the Rebel United Front, what were there intentions, and what were their actions? 3. What were the government allies’ intentions and actions? 4. What did the outside world do to help end this conflict? This paper on the real cost of diamonds will focus on these four questions...
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