On Current TV | February 10, 2009 | 5 comments

Mining for Diamonds in Africa

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In this excerpt from "Blood Roses and Deadly Diamonds", Vanguard
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller discovers why some Sierra Leoneans feel
diamonds are a curse.

To see the trailer for "Blood Roses and Deadly Diamonds", click on the link
below:
http://current.com/items/89699851/blood_roses_and_deadly_diamonds_trailer.htm

In a special Valentine's Day edition, Vanguard asks, "What's the true price
of love?" We're bringing you two very unromantic stories of two of the
great symbols of the holiday. First, Vanguard correspondent Kaj Larsen
heads to Colombia to look at the thorny side of the rose business. And for
the second act, Mariana van Zeller travels to Sierra Leone to see if the
diamonds that fueled the country's bloody civil war can now help it recover.

***Check out the premiere of "Blood Roses and Deadly Diamonds" on Wednesday,
Feb. 11 at 10 p.m. on Current TV. And join Mariana for a live chat during
the premiere by visiting http://current.com/vanguard***

Vanguard is Current's original documentary series, airing every Wednesday on
Current TV at 10 pm E/P, and online at current.com/vanguard
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5 comments // Mining for Diamonds in Africa

  • birdman1943
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      birdman1943  

    • This indicates to me that there are not many jobs out there and they must take what they can.

      The countries are impoverished and they must do what they can to survive.

      It is sad but like the one response-hey Jared jewelers!

      Sad chapter on human evolution to have to peddle those hard diamonds from the efforts of in effect abject slavery to adorn so so many better off human beings.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
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      ras_menelik  
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    • Today's Blood Mining"coltan & Cobalt "

      Young consumers of mobile phones, MP3 players, game consoles and laptops may not realise this, but the cobalt used for their rechargeable batteries causes child labour in Zambia and Congo. A Swedish report on the working conditions in the cobalt mines in Zambia and Congo shows, that children and adolescents aged between seven and eighteen are risking their lives in the mineshafts. Some 50 000 of the 100 000–140 000 people that are involved in mining in Katanga are estimated to be under eighteen. Read the summary of the report:

      http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2008/PlayStation-Coltan-Congo8jul08.htm

    • 3 years ago
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • karismatichick
  • karismatichick
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      karismatichick  

    • It's so sad to see that the people are only being paid pennies. I'm telling you if I worked there for every three diamonds I would find I would keep one for myself as payment. Because if you think about it who REALLY is getting robbed??

    • 3 years ago
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