The new Leondardo DiCaprio movie Blood Diamond highlights the role that the illicit diamond trade played in the chaotic 1990s civil war in the African nation of Sierra Leone (see Sierra Leone map.)

莱昂纳多 迪卡普里奥主演的电影“血腥钻石”正是对90年代非洲国家塞拉利昂内战冲突的描绘。

youdao

If you have seen the movie Blood Diamond you should know that it is based on Sierra Leone.

如果你看过电影《血钻》你一定知道这个电影的背景便是塞拉利昂。

youdao

The movie has received wild acclaim worldwide for its depiction of the ghastly diamond-funded civil war in Sierra Leone.

这部电影因其对塞拉·列侬恐怖的以钻石为基础的内战的描写而广受好评。

youdao

Sankoh,a former army corporal and photographer, led the first attacks on villages in a diamond-rich province of Sierra Leone in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

He promised to share Sierra Leone's vast diamond wealth more widely but this was never implemented in areas under his control.

BBC: Foday Sankoh: The cruel rebel

One example is the war being waged over control of diamond mines in Sierra Leone.

FORBES: Africa and economics

But others are the product of collapsing states, heightened ethnic tensions and violence driven by economic goals (such as diamond extraction in Sierra Leone and battles for oil in Angola).

ECONOMIST: DISPLACED PEOPLE: When is a refugee not a refugee? | The