What happened in Sierra leone over diamonds?
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Sierra Leone is a very small country that has produced many high-grade diamonds since diamonds were first discovered there in the 1930's. Beginning in the 1980's through 1990's civil wars in neighboring countries, along with mass corruption and organized crime have pillaged this small, relatively defenseless country to fund the wars and feather pockets.  The below link will tell you everything you want to know!
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Historically, it has been Mexico.  The USofA isn't very good in dealing with trafficking rings.  The officials are too easy to bribe according to statistics.
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Can we say Africa? And I dont think that the UN gave any money to help Rwanda after their civil war against the Tutsis or Hutus. I could be wrong about that one.
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What HAPPENS in Ghana STAYS in GHANA!\n\nTOO MANY FINANCIAL SCAMS COMING OUT OF AFRICA...
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sure you can find it on the web. they are suing for peace now after museveni (Ugandan pres) asked the international criminal court to serve warrants on them for war crimes. there'll probably be peace soon, they have already started handin in weapons.
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The world wide organization is called:\nWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts\nMore info here:\nhttp://www.wagggsworld.org/en/home\n\nThe Sierra Leone Girl Guides Association\n\nA J. Momoh Street\nTower Hill\nPo Box 64\nFREETOWN\n\nTelephone: +23222241374\nEmail: chasl@sierratel.sl\n\nNumber of guides: 3330 (01/01/2003)\nStatus: FULL\nApproval Date: 01/01/1972\nGuiding Introduced Date: 01/01/1924\nAdmits boys: No \n\nMore info here:\nhttp://africa.wagggsworld.org/en/organisations/120
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Kushe, r u sierra leonean. investing in raw goods isnt really profitable.
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Prince does a song that says...I've got a lion in my pocket, and baby he's ready to roar. \n \nnot sure about diamonds in my pocket.  sorry.
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Bring a bullet proof vest and a machine gun. Most african countries are very unstable.
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Don't know. However there have been a lot of scams involving banks that supposedly exist on the African Continent.
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I think you mean Angola, because UNITA was using the diamonds and the government was using oil to fund the civil war. Now that it is over, though, it seems no one has any money now, it is all just being syphoned out of the country.
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You can see Sierra Leone Diplomatic / embassy at http://www.visitsierraleone.org/missionsabroad.asp\ngood luck,\n\nBut office Egypt will not embassy.
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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments, but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902). The resulting Union of South Africa operated under a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The 1990s brought an end to apartheid politically and ushered in black majority rule.\n\nLocation:   \nSouthern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa  \nGeographic coordinates:   \n29 00 S, 24 00 E  \nMap references:   \nAfrica  \nArea:    \ntotal: 1,219,912 sq km \nland: 1,219,912 sq km \nwater: 0 sq km \nnote: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)  \nArea - comparative:   \nslightly less than twice the size of Texas  \nLand boundaries:   \ntotal: 4,862 km \nborder countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km  \nCoastline:   \n2,798 km  \nMaritime claims:   \nterritorial sea: 12 nm \ncontiguous zone: 24 nm \nexclusive economic zone: 200 nm \ncontinental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin  \nClimate:   \nmostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights  \nTerrain:   \nvast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain  \nElevation extremes:   \nlowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m \nhighest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m  \nNatural resources:   \ngold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas  \nLand use:   \narable land: 12.08% \npermanent crops: 0.79% \nother: 87.13% (2001)  \nIrrigated land:   \n13,500 sq km (1998 est.)  \nNatural hazards:   \nprolonged droughts  \nEnvironment - current issues:   \nlack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification  \nEnvironment - international agreements:   \nparty to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling \nsigned, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements  \nGeography - note:   \nSouth Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland  \n   People    South Africa Top of Page  \nPopulation:    \n44,344,136 \nnote: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)  \nAge structure:   \n0-14 years: 30.3% (male 6,760,137/female 6,682,013) \n15-64 years: 64.5% (male 13,860,727/female 14,750,496) \n65 years and over: 5.2% (male 893,360/female 1,397,403) (2005 est.)  \nMedian age:   \ntotal: 23.98 years \nmale: 23.12 years \nfemale: 24.86 years (2005 est.)  \nPopulation growth rate:   \n-0.31% (2005 est.)  \nBirth rate:    \n18.48 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nDeath rate:    \n21.32 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nNet migration rate:   \n-0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nSex ratio:   \nat birth: 1.02 male(s)/female \nunder 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female \n15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female \n65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female \ntotal population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005 est.)  \nInfant mortality rat
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Go to http://news.ask.com/news?qsrc=1&o=10429&l=dir&q=international%20business%20in%20Ghana for the latest list of new articles on this subject.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Everyone please wake up! I am from SA and there are no wars\nor such stuff going on here! The only war that is going on here is the war against AIDS and poverty. So please get your facts correct before you try to answer something about another country.
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why would you want to?  do you have any idea how many people have suffered over those diamonds????  buying them only perpetuates the conflict and makes the "bad guys" richer.  i was in sierra leone this summer and saw so many people with hacked off limbs and children whose parents were killed over those diamonds!  why don't you spend your money on something that does not support the slaughtering of innocent people!  i am not some crazy hippie either...  check out these websites\nhttp://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/sierra/SIERLE99-03.htm#P182_39824\nhttp://www.onesky.ca/diamonds/index.html
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Smart point!  The calamity will be in the usa.  I delivered UN supplies to africa for several years and we DO not want it here.  Angelina's bleeding heart will cost us. Gun Manufactures start extra shifts and open 24 hour gun shopsFor every one of "them" that survive , you will see the US Government relocating them - and guess where to?  You will have generations of heatherns,  thieves, rapists, violent tribe-ists running the inner cities of america.