The SpecialCourtfor Sierra Leoneon Wednesdaygrantedamotion that wouldallowCampbellto testify about a so-called "blooddiamond" sheallegedlyreceivedfromTaylor.
Sankoh,a former army corporal and photographer, led the first attacks on villages in a diamond-rich province of Sierra Leone in 1991.
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Prosecutors say Taylor gave Campbell adiamond during the war in SierraLeone, contradicting Taylor's testimony that he never handled the precious stones that fueled the conflict.
It is to the shame of the whole world that a lack of transparency allowed the illicit diamond trade to fuel appalling conflicts in SierraLeone and Liberia.