Case Study: Diamonds and Conflict in Sierra Leone (Chapter 2.3 in Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace) [Video]
Publisher: UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, University of California Irvine, UNDP, EnPAx, and SDG Academy
Author(s): Richard Matthew
Date: 2019
This case study illustrates the critical role diamonds play as a contributing cause of violent conflict, a source of financing in armed conflict, and an asset for post-conflict peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. It also discusses how diamonds shaped this particular conflict narrative and captured global attention.