Once defined by war and blood diamonds, Sierra Leone is now looking to turn its rich but underdeveloped mineral base – iron ore, gold, rutile and bauxite – into a driver of economic recovery ...

Sierra Leone's "blood diamonds" helped fuel atrocities in the impoverished West African nation in the 1990s. The war has now been over for a decade, and the country's most valuable resource is no ...

KOIDU, Sierra Leone — His heart’s full of love, and he’s walking on diamonds. But Alassan Kabia’s daily toil -- shoveling the gravel that holds gems -- will never pay enough for him to mar ...

NEW YORK — One of the world's largest uncut diamonds sold for $6.5 million at a New York auction on Monday to raise funds for development projects in Sierra Leone. Known as the "Peace Diamond ...

A 709-carat diamond, found in Sierra Leone and known as the "Peace Diamond." Reuters Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by auctioning a huge uncut diamond ...

the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone. Diamond prospectors filter earth from a river on April 28, 2012, in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Officials say a 709-carat diamond found in Sierra Leone has been sold for more than $6.5 million. The diamond is said to be the 14th-largest ever discovered ...

Explore the incredible and very different stories of Botswana and Sierra Leone,two African nations that took vastly different paths despite their resources and potential. Botswana, a small and largely ...

Reports of a major diamond discovery in western Africa over the weekend have started to make noise. Sierra Leone's National Minerals Agency, according to Agence France-Presse, says a diamond ...

Blood diamonds, as they were once known, helped fuel atrocities in both Sierra Leone and neighboring Liberia. While no longer termed "conflict... Sierra Leone's Diamonds Still A Source Of ...