Blood diamond

Diamond Ethics Blood Diamonds, also referred to as conflict diamonds, are diamonds that derive from areas controlled by forces or sections opposed to lawful and internationally recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in resistance to those governments, or in breach of the decisions of the Security Council. These radicals sell these diamonds, and the money is used to acquire weapons or to fund their military actions, and used to bribe foreign officials. Blood Diamonds are often

Abolishment of the Blood Diamond Trade Imagine, after five years of dating, your boyfriend finally proposes to you. You feel so ecstatic as he kneels down on one knee and pulls out a beautiful diamond ring. You look down on it happily and think of all the African children that have died to make this day possible. Blood diamonds are diamonds that are illegally traded to fund conflict in war-torn areas, typically in central and western Africa. The UN defines these diamonds as "...diamonds that originate

it seems. Known as the Blood Diamond of Africa is said to be one of the most dangerous places in the world. Of its top exports, diamonds are number one. Who knew one diamond could cause so much chaos especially in the land of peace and harmony, causing its own people to kill one another. Blood diamonds are infamous and play a dangerous role in the lives of many people. Africans are killing one another over a small diamond but when a white person comes to take the diamond there is a problem all around

People Should Not Buy the Diamond “Blood diamond” reflects a dark and ferocious side of this gorgeous world that is full of vanity, cruelness and ambition. In Africa, Sierra Leone, there exist a lot of child soldiers that serve the RUF (Revolutionary United Front), and those people mine diamond from the warzone, and sell them into the official market. Therefore, the RUF gets the profits and uses it for illegal plans or terror attacks to threaten the country and the people. These behaviors and activities

3) Environmental Summer Assignment Essays a) E-Waste In the 21st century, everyone feels the need to be up to speed with all of the new gadgets and technology. When new technology is released, people drop everything they’re doing to run out and buy it. But what happens to their fairly used devices that have been labeled “out of style”? They are thrown away and become electronic waste. Types of it, E-Waste as it is better known as, includes unwanted or broken circuit boards, computers, monitors,

attention it so desperately deserves. The purpose of blood diamonds is simple; they’re used as currency to buy warring factions and warlords armaments and fuel civil wars in unstable countries as well as continued guerrilla tyranny throughout countries like Angola and more famously Sierra Leone. When addressing the issue of blood diamonds mined from Sierra Leone, understanding the country’s geography, civil and political aspects are crucial. Blood diamonds often have a misconstrued meaning, and the definition

The Humble Origins of Mindful Diamond The story of Mindful Diamond begins with a mission inspired by my mother. As a single woman, she moved from India to the USA to take on the American business world – no prior experience to her name. Her drive to succeed was as strong as her desire to give her three children the greatest possible life. With only $80 to her name, she began a small-scale gemstone business in 1985. Despite setbacks and hardships along the way, her determination allowed her

The country of Sierra Leone was going downhill. They had a war which tore the country into pieces. People was not getting along with each other, the violence was kaotic, a lot of people was sentenced to jail. There was many innocent lives lives that was taken away. They was in a brutal civil war that had ended in 2002. In the end, the Britians helped the county to come back together. Sierra Leone was not a good country at the moment so they tried to make peace with everybody so they created the

Kylie Schirber Harris Anthropology 12 December 2014 Extra Credit Essays Stealing Africa Stealing Africa is a staggering documentary about a money hungry company called Glencore. They are responsible for the destruction of land in Zambia that has left natives penny-less. The Zambian natives are now some of the poorest people in the world. What Glencore wants is their copper rich grounds that can make them billions of dollars. This copper is essential in the global economy and has caught the eyes

The film Black Gold is a good, albeit biased, take on the state of the coffee industry in the African nation of Ethiopia. Taken almost purely from the view of the farmers, it sheds light on the conditions they live in and opens the eyes to prime examples of dependency theory and conflict theory. Although panned by many critics for its lack of economic breakdown on a more global scale, the film shows the viewer how these issues really feel to those at the bottom of the ladder. Black Gold was released