Sierra Leone: DeBeers Rolls out App to Clean up Sierra Leone Diamond Supply Chain

Apr 19, 2018 | Ed Stoddard, Reuters
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Global diamond giant De Beers is rolling out an app to help small-scale, artisanal diamond miners in Sierra Leone certify that gems they pry from the soil are legal, the Anglo American unit said on Thursday. The initiative is the latest attempt by the industry to clean up its image and expunge the scourge of “blood diamonds” blamed for financing conflict, chaos and criminality in poor African countries, such as Sierra Leone and Liberia.