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National Geographic (March 2002):
Diamonds: the real story
Financial Times (July 12 2000):
An investigation into the illicit diamond trade
New York Times (June 2000):
Africa's diamond wars
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BBC News (Aug 1999):
Special report: The Angolan conflict
Operation Angola
le dossier des ventes d'armes en Angola
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SAIS Review Vol. XXII, no. 1 (Spring 2002):
Stolen Goods: Coltan and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
New York Times (Aug. 12 2001):
A Black Mud From Africa Helps Power the New Economy
Washington Post (March 16 2001):
Vital Ore Funds Congo's War: Combatants Profit From Col-Tan Trade
Human Rights Watch:
Congo: killing civilians
Het Belang van Limburg (Jan 2002):
De oorlog in de Kongo
New York Times (Feb 6 2000):
Armies Ravage a Rich Land, Creating Africa's 'First World War'
Washington Post:
Special reports from Congo
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The Guardian special report: Sierra Leone (2001):
Sierra Leone news coverage
Washington Post: Liberia:
Liberia news coverage
BBC News (2001):
West Africa's tangled war
BBC News (Sep 2000):
Crisis in Sierra Leone
Conciliation Resources: Accord (Sept 2000):
Paying the Price: The Sierra Leone Peace Process
BBC News (July 1999):
Sierra Leone's civil war
Africa Confidential:
Chronology of Sierra Leone - How diamonds fuelled the conflict (1991-1998)
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