Africa's War with Blood Diamonds

REPORTS THE UNITED NATIONS DEFINITION OF CONFLICT OR BLOOD DIAMONDS IS THAT THEY ARE: ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH 64 DIAMONDS THAT ORIGINATE FROM AREAS CONTROLLED BY FORCES OF FACTIONS OPPOSED TO LEGITIMATE AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED GOVERNMENTS 77 65% AS 20% 19% APPROXIMATELY OF THE WORLD'S DIAMONDS COME FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES of the total production in the 1980s were being sold for illegal purposes and $8.5 billion WERE SPECIFICALLY CONFLICT IN NATURE. WORTH OF DIAMONDS A YEAR COME FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES Diamonds helped arm African UNITED AFRICA'S WAR WITH RUFP Rebel groups such as the Revolutionary United Front BLOOD DIAMONDS Discover Africa's brutal struggle with blood/conflict diamonds, and the journey it (RUF) in Sierra Leone. Maintaining control of important mining districts has made in recent decades... meant that thousands of civilians were expelled and kept away from important economic centers. SIERRA LEONE'S CIVIL WAR COMING TO AN END, AND ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS SAW THEIR DIAMOND EXPORT REVENUE RISE TO IT'S GOOD. BUT IT'S STILL NOT GOOD ENDUGH. 2007 74 2003 KIMBERLEY PROCESS SAW THE CREATION OF THE THE BRUTAL CONFLICT IN SIERRA LEONE IN THE IN NOVEMBER II $125 MILLION 1990s perler brought conflict diamonds to the Current Crises in Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe are still resulting in conflict diamonds being smuggled through neighbouring countries and Human Rights are still being abused. governments, leading NGOS, and the World Diamond Council agreed on measures to further strengthen the Kimberley Process. Under the Kimberley Process, rough diamonds can only be exported and imported when accompanied by a certificate from the exporting country. WORLD'S ATTENTION HELP PUT AN END TO CONFLICT DIAMONDS. FOR GOOD. THE Share this infographic to help raise money towards lobbying for political reform to help strengthen the Kimberley Process at this make-or-break time. Your support can really help make the difference it needs. DIAMOND RING Co. www.thediamondringcompany.co.uk/conflict-diamonds SOURCES: Www.THEECOLOGIST.ORG, STATIC.HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM, www.GLOBALSECURITY.ORG, www.WIKIPEDIA.ORG, www.KIMBERLEYPROCESS.COM, wwW.DIAMONDFACTS.ORG, www.GLOBALWITNESS.ORG, www.WORLDDIAMONDCOUNCIL.COM INFOGRAPHIC BY WwW.ELEVATELOCAL.c.UK FRONT VNOL proces Himbe