Blood Diamonds in Sierra Leone

            Diamonds in Sierra Leone were mostly used in the war for money to buy military equipment. These are widely known as a blood diamonds. They can be defined as, a diamond traded by rebellions against the government for war needs. During the war in Sierra Leone, vast amounts of diamonds were mined around the country by the rebels. They would use children and others to mine them and then later trade them for large amounts of money. This money would then be used to buy military equipment such as guns, ammunition, clothing, shoes, and medical aid. The rebels used this to their advantage to attack the government to take over. The mass amounts of murder and blood involved can explain the meaning of a "blood diamond", since they were used to facilitate in killing people. Many years after the war, many Africans would wear these diamonds as signs of wealth and "bling". Sierra Leone was such a rundown and poor country after the war, so people would wear "bling" or diamonds to look fancy and fake. Fake in context of looking different because of the rarity of being wealthy. It think that the diamond trade isn't fair to all the people involved because of the treatment they get. Workers work in harsh environments with very little clothing, or none at all. Also they receive very little pay, while the owners are very wealthy and are the only ones benefiting from it, while the country suffers from poverty.