Sierra Leone: Waiting for Benefits from Sierra Leone's Giant 'Peace Diamond'

Mar 14, 2018 | Abu-Bakarr Jalloh, Deutsche Welle
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One of the world's biggest uncut diamonds, the egg-sized gem was sold at auction for $6.5 million in December 2017 (the price was disappointing as it was expected to sell for more). The stone was given the name "peace diamond" to distinguish it from the blood diamonds that fueled Sierra Leone's horrendous decade-long civil war, which ended in 2002.