Sierra Leone's "blood diamonds" helped fuel atrocities in the impoverished West African nation in the 1990s. The war has now been over for a decade, and the country's most valuable resource is no ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - The Hollywood movie "The Blood Diamond" about gem smuggling in Africa could hinder Sierra Leone's postwar recovery as its struggles to legitimize its vital diamond exports, ...

Ask most people in the UK what they associate with the small west African nation of Sierra Leone, and it’s likely it will be one of three things: blood diamonds, Ebola, or the country’s civil war, ...

Blood diamonds are more than rare gemstones. Mined in conflict zones and sold through hidden networks, they have funded wars, ...

NEW YORK — Sierra Leone sold one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds for $6.5 million at a New York auction on Monday to raise funds for development projects in the West African country. The ...

A 709-carat diamond from Sierra Leone has been sold for more than $6.5 million. That’s like two month’s rent in Manhattan! According to the Rapaport Group, the rock is the 14th-largest diamond ever ...

Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in eastern Sierra Leone. The 39-year-old pastor obtained his ...

Blood diamonds are stones mined in war zones and sold to fund violence and armed groups. They became widely known during ...

Bids will now be accepted until May 10 -- in particular to allow more time for potential buyers from Belgium, Israel, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The diamond was unearthed by Emmanuel ...