Conflict Diamonds

Conflict Diamonds
in Sierra Leone
Done by: Hussain Al Harthi
ID: H00025982
Done for: Frances Sutton
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Sierra Leone’s Civil War and Its Links to

Diamonds – Key Facts/dates
• Between 1991 and 1999 the war took over
75,000 lives, caused half a million Sierra
Leoneans to become refugees and has
displaced half of the country's 4.5 million
people
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The Winners – Who Are They and How

Have They Benefited?
• The RUF's (Revolutionary United Front)
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The Victims – Who Are They and How

Are They Affected?
• The victims are Sierra Leone people’s.

• They lose their families, towns, homes and

their live.
• burnt all their houses, their cars, took their
money, everything….
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Views From the Frontline - Personal

Stories or Quotes From People Living
in Sierra Leone.
• Tamba Lebie, miner formerly from Kono

• He lived in Guinea like refugees then he

came back and started to settle again, they
drove him out again, burnt all there houses,
their cars, took their money, everything...
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Signs of Hope After the End of Civil

War
• The government started to fix every thing
after the end of war and it hops to make the
people of Sierra Leone’s live peacefully.
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Al-Qaeda and ‘the War on Terror’
• al-Qaeda allegedly transferred cash into high-
value commodities, including diamonds.
• Several members of al-Qaeda's bought
diamonds in Liberia and from (RUF) rebels in
Sierra Leone.