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When the civil war of Sierra Leone ended, it was estimated that 50,000 people died from it.
Answers: A few African countries, such as Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, etc.
Most agree that the most blatant abuse of humans related to diamonds began in Sierra Leone in the early 1970s. Others will insist that mining diamonds has always 'taken advantage of' and 'abuse' those people who work in the industry, especially in Africa.
Conflict diamonds or 'blood diamonds -- have a history in Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. Each has a history of funding civil war or other mayhem using diamonds as far back as the 1980s. You can read more about each country's history with conflict diamonds, below.
Oil. It's always been oil - even before WW II. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe that would be the right answer . The middle east is full of OIL and we Want it and Need it . Why didnt the US govt not send troops to darfur or Cambodia , Liberia or Sierra Leone where ten's if not hundred's of thousands have been slaughtered . Black Gold OIL. sorry but seems that is the truth