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Sunday, May 31, 2009

About Sierra Leone Diamonds

Digging in the dumps
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13745774

Useful links:
www.koiduholdings.com
www.pacweb.org
www.awdc.be

I hope the collapse of world diamond prices will not drive frustrated, disenfranchised youth to violence/unrest. Many artisanal miners have gone back to farming. As the Economist rightly put it, in the longer run, a bit of diversity may be healthy.

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