Diamonds don't kill people -- people kill people.
Since this is an illegal activity, a strict count of the number of people maimed or killed in pursuit of these diamonds is not available.
The United States is not in the business of buying diamonds, blood diamonds, or otherwise.
Because this activity is illegal, a count of people affected by blood diamonds is not available. It's more than 'injured' -- it's death and dismemberment as well.
Millions of people die because of being forced to serve someone who makes them search for diamonds. If they steal or try to steal, they may have a hand or a foot cut off. We need to work to prevent the Jewlers from buying and selling the diamonds from them, or the "Blood Diamonds."
Everyone involved in blood diamonds, from the terrorists who force people to mine them by hand, those terrorized people -- and their families, and the traffickers involved, is affected: many with death, mayhem and other inhumane acts.
Everyone who dies related to blood diamonds, dies once.
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Primarily from Africa, where much of the low level mining is done by slave labour, captured in raids. Many of these people are killed, and their blood stains the river. Many of these slavery campaigns have their origin in inter-tribal fighting, and these wars are financed by the sale of these diamonds.
Central and West Africa is the homebase for Conflict or "Blood" diamonds! This covers many states but by searching "Conflict Diamonds" you can see hundreds of hoirs of intel gathered on this subject!
It affects Africa in a negative way. The illegal trade of diamonds can provide rebel groups with funds for purchasing weapons. Many of these rebel groups force villager's labor in diamond mines.
Because any activity around blood diamonds is illicit, illegal, and occurs out of sight, a number of deaths associated with them is an unknown number. The trade in blood diamonds that supported Angola's civil wars between 1974 and 2001 did produce significant numbers of diamonds, as represented as a percentage of the world's diamond trade. The cost in human lives, however, is impossible to determine. You can read more about Angola and blood diamonds, below.
People in many African nations mine for diamonds around the volcanic pipes that erupted the diamonds to the earth's surface.
'Good' is relative. Many people wear jewelry that contains faux diamonds.