WorldSierra Leone: From ‘blood diamonds’ to stones of hope?

“Blood diamonds” became notorious for financing Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. The Kimberley Process was launched 25 years ago to end the illegal trade. Accused of complicity in the conflict, the diamond industry has since tried to improve its image and stress an ethical shift. A quarter-century later, have former “blood diamonds” truly become a symbol of development?

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