The standout track Gold Digger was a huge party smash, while he used a Shirley Bassey sample to back Diamonds From Sierra Leone.

BBC: Kanye West

The exporters have been asked to make sure no diamonds have been sourced from Angola, Sierra Leone or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

BBC: Diamond

India's diamond industry is imposing new rules to halt the trade in diamonds originating from countries such as Angola and Sierra Leone.

BBC: Diamond

As president from 1997 to 2003, Mr. Taylor gave Sierra Leone rebels guns in exchange for diamonds, the ruling said.

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