Is Sierra Leone's diamond industry under threat?
Diamond mines across Sierra Leone are closing, deepening economic uncertainty and raising fears of further conflict.
Diamond mines across Sierra Leone are closing, deepening economic uncertainty and raising fears of further conflict. Our presenter Ed Butler travels to the country鈥檚 mining region to uncover what鈥檚 behind the shutdowns and how it's affecting the communities.
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[Picture: Workers for the diamond mining firm Branch Energy Ltd., owned by DiamondWorks in London. Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: Patrick ROBERT/Sygma via Getty Images]
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