Firstly, the main subject of this report will be based in the conflicting diamonds from the African countries. Indeed, this conflict had resulted in Civil Wars in many African countries like the Civil War in Sierra Leone or Angola. This problem has increased since the ninety's and still continues to take importance to such an extent that the movie "Blood Diamonds", with Leonardo DiCaprio, highlighted the situation in 2006. In the CNN reportage we have seen, Leonardo is furthermore interviewed by the journalist who has lead the report, about his thought on the conflict diamonds situation. So, after watching the CNN report about the conflict diamonds in Africa, we are going to detail this dramatic phenomenon and discuss about the Blood Diamonds. We will also touch upon the human, economic and politic consequences and question why such kind of business exists in our "ethical societies".
[...] Indeed, conflict diamonds constitutes negative things economically. In effect, war time always has negative consequences on the economy of a country, especially if this country was already poor. But in this case, diamonds are noble materials and could help countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia and so on to bring about economic development thanks to the natural resources. Instead of this situation, some rebel groups has taken the control of diamond mines and organized an illegal and parallel economy, resources which are not accessible to the national economy of the country and directly go to the leaders of the resistance movement. [...]
[...] When we observe this tragic situation, we can wonder how this murderous business could still continue. IV- How could society let this kind of a business continue to operate? What we need to talk about is that the situation has improved; however, it is yet to be completely eradicated and people continue to die in this business and some rebel manager continue to hurt entire family. Now, we just have to put down the fact that diamonds dealers, in rich countries, still agree to buy blood diamonds. [...]
[...] The setting up of Kimberley process also allowed reducing the human issues and mass murders. Dying for diamonds was a common situation in Sierra Leone for example. That is the worst issue about conflict diamonds because smuggling diamonds is a deady business and millions of African people were dying or being mutilated for diamonds in the past; this is the grim reality even today. The tragedy of this problem is that innocent people died just because they need to work to feed themselves and their family. [...]
[...] Since 2003, some non-governmental organizations pointed out that Al-Qaeda could be implicated in the blood diamond trade. So, it means that this conflict has totally changed in form compared to the beginning. Actually, at the beginning, some rebel and violent groups have funded independent and non-organized groups to protest against the governmental authority and to try building a better life for their country. Whereas, now the conflict has begun to change into an international and terrorist conflict instead of local and non-organized one. [...]
[...] After setting up the Kimberley process, United Nations should regulate the diamond dealings in our countries. One of the primary reasons that blood diamonds still reach our markets, is that diamonds dealers in Europe or America buy them. The Kimberley process was made to limit smuggling diamonds from Africa as well as to make people aware of this dangerous business. Apparently, some people are still unhindered by the whole gruesome process and some diamonds sold on our markets are still marked by these atrocities. [...]
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