Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war‚ for instance‚ could not have continued without profits from diamond sales‚ which funded the murderous Revolutionary United Front (RUF). For this reason‚ in early July 2000‚ the United Nations (U.N.) imposed an 18-month ban on diamonds imported from that west African country. A week later‚ De Beers‚ the world’s largest diamond seller‚ announced a number of changes in its practices‚ and a week after that‚ an international gathering of the diamond industry called for
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was a major catalyst for the massacres that occurred in Sierra Leone” To what extent do you agree with the statement and discuss their involvement in the progression of events? The neighbouring West African states of Sierra Leone and Liberia suffered violent‚ protracted‚ and intermingled civil wars in the 1990s. These wars received worldwide attention for practices viewed as particularly brutal—the kidnapping and training of child soldiers; the use of girls and women as sexual slaves; the practicing
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Nell Streitz Sierra Leone Case Study Between the years 1991 and 2002‚ tens of thousands died and more than two million people were displaced in the Republic of Sierra Leone (BBC News). This paper will be evaluating the conflict of Sierra Leone in the context of general theories of civil conflict. It will define and discuss the actors involved‚ time span‚ deaths‚ causes‚ and other concepts regarding civil war. This paper will discuss how these major concepts relate to the Sierra Leone conflict and
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Heineken in Sierra Leone The local sourcing of Sorghum by the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) Roos Apotheker 1 Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Introduction to the business .......................................................................................... 3 Supplier profile ............................................................................................................ 4 Business drivers for starting up Local Sourcing ..............................................
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Ryan Conde QU301 Skyers Blood Diamonds Conflict diamonds are most commonly found in Africa‚ and are mined by slaves. The diamonds mined in this area were coined “blood diamonds” because enabled violence and destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives. I believe that as a global community we allowed‚ and sometimes encouraged the trade of conflict diamonds. Conflict diamonds derived from war zones and were sold to fuel insurgencies and guerilla groups. The lack of care was especially apparent
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Sierra Leone or the Republic of Sierra Leone is West African country that borders to the north and east with Guinea‚ to the southeast with Liberia‚ and to the west and southwest with Atlantic Ocean. It is a beautiful country with white sand beaches‚ orange and coconut trees all around‚ and people of good hearts; however Sierra Leone or Sa Lone in its native language‚ Krio‚ has been underdeveloped and was struggling for many years to gain its independence as a British Colony. Even thou‚ now Sierra
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Sierra Leone‚ located in the west side of Africa‚ between Guinea and Liberia. It had gained its Independence in 1961‚ now with the population of 6.2 million. Almost have of the population lives off of subsistence agriculture‚ however‚ Diamond mining is considered for half of Sierra Leone’s exports. Diamonds were first discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930‚ and a war broke out between 1991 and 2002 over diamonds that led to the name blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are defined by diamond mining in a war
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Effect of Imperialism in Sierra Leone In 1787‚ British humanitarian founded the "Province of Freedom" which later became Freetown‚ a British crown colony in 1808 and the principal base for the suppression of the slave trade. Throughout the 19th century‚ the colony steadily grew through various treaties of friendship from the local chiefs. After the British abolished their slave trade the new colony was used as cornerstone from which the abolishment could be enforced (Gascoigne‚ Bamber). By 1855
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Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (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
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Sierra Leone or officially called as Republic of Sierra Leone is located in the Western portion of the African continent. It is surrounded by Guinea in the North‚ Liberia in the Southeast and Atlantic Ocean in the Southwest. It has a total land area of 71‚ 740 sq. km. and a population of 5‚ 879‚ 098 as of July 2015. The said country experiencing tropical weather. Their major religions are Christianity and Muslim and their usual language are English‚ Krio (a Creole language derived from English) and
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