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Conflict Diamonds in Sierra Leone: Name: Obaid Alkatheeri ID: H00055399 Section: CQM

The civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was fueled by conflict diamonds. Rebel groups used profits from illicit diamond mining to fund their fight against the government. Civilians suffered greatly, with many forced into slave labor or fleeing as refugees. While the government has since gained control over the diamond trade, the war devastated the country and population for over a decade.

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Conflict Diamonds in Sierra Leone: Name: Obaid Alkatheeri ID: H00055399 Section: CQM

The civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was fueled by conflict diamonds. Rebel groups used profits from illicit diamond mining to fund their fight against the government. Civilians suffered greatly, with many forced into slave labor or fleeing as refugees. While the government has since gained control over the diamond trade, the war devastated the country and population for over a decade.

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Conflict Diamonds

Conflict Diamonds
in Sierra Leone
Name: Obaid Alkatheeri
ID: H00055399
Section: CQM
Conflict Diamonds

Sierra Leone’s Civil War and Its Links to


Diamonds – Key Facts/dates
• Sierra Leone’s is one of the countries that vast
mineral wealth gold, bauxite, timber and copper, but it
is the one of the poorest countries.
• The war started in 1991, which was led by Foday
Sankoh and it was between the rebels and the
government.
• The war has been lived over 10 years
• The war is because of the diamonds.
Conflict Diamonds

The Winners – Who Are They and How


Have They Benefited?
• The government win the war and got the
control of diamonds.
Conflict Diamonds

The Victims – Who Are They and How


Are They Affected?
• The civilians are the victims.
• Many were used as slave labor. Others fled in
their thousands only to starve or die of
malaria in the jungle.
Conflict Diamonds

Views From the Frontline - Personal


Stories or Quotes From People Living
in Sierra Leone.
• "The rebels drove us out in 1992, we fled to another country. We went
and lived in Guinea like refugees. It was a constant struggle. We came
back and started to settle again, they drove us out again, burnt all our
houses, our cars, took our money, everything... It even got to the point
where you hid from the rebels, from the militia and even the
government soldiers." Tamba said.
• "The diamond situation is such that you have to have sophisticated
methods of monitoring, which I'm afraid we don't have. We rely on the
integrity of our officers. All you have told me that everybody in the
whole system is rotten and I don't believe that. I don't believe that," said
Mohammed Swarray-Deen, a government official in Sierra Leone.

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