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Sierra Leone: From blood diamonds to stones of hope?
Twenty-five years ago, negotiations began in the Kimberley Process to end the trade in "blood diamonds", blood diamonds, made famous by the Sierra Leonean civil war. Pointed out for his complicity, the diamond industry has since sought to wash his image, highlighting an ethical turn and a more virtuous economy. But a quarter of the century later, did the old blood diamonds really become synonymous with development?