![]() ![]() As a result of the mining, processing and selling of diamonds, the country has enjoyed a tremendous economic growth for the last 30 years. According to the World Development Report of 2000/2001, DRC was ranked 194 th, Angola 203 rd and Sierra Leone 205 th (Goreux, 2001).ĭue to the political unrest that is being experienced in these countries, their governments have been unable to reduce the level of poverty and improve on the status of their economy with the help of their natural resources.īotswana is perhaps the country that has benefited greatly from mining diamonds. However, despite from benefiting from their natural resources, especially diamonds, Angola, Sierra Leone and DRC are the countries with the lowest GDP in the world. These countries have a variety of natural resources that can be used to sustain their economies. It is here that a lot of conflict with regards to diamonds hail from. The essay shall focus on countries such as Angola, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This essay shall thus focus on the role played by diamonds in financing civil wars in West and Central Africa and the role that international bodies such as the World Bank and the United Nations can play to prevent future conflicts and help post war victims. Since the end of the cold war, conflict diamonds have captured the international eye as a result of the civil wars and political unrest that they have resulted in. However, as a result of the paradox of the plenty, much of these natural resources have resulted in the death and destruction of man, decline in economic growth and political unrest (Goreux, 2001).ĭiamonds provides a good example of a natural resource that have brought about negative effects in the lives of individuals in the regions that it is found. ![]() The world has a lot of natural resources that can be used to benefit humanity and his society. ![]()
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