"Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (originally "Diamonds") is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his second studio album, Late Registration (2005). The...
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southern Sierra Leone, which were rich in alluvial diamonds. The government's ineffective response to the RUF and the disruption in government diamond production...
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The economy of Sierra Leone is $7.41 billion by gross domestic product as of 2024. Since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, the economy is...
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Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency...
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industry of Sierra Leone accounted for 4.5 percent of the country's GDP in 2007 and minerals made up 79 percent of total export revenue with diamonds accounting...
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Revolutionary United Front (category 1991 establishments in Sierra Leone)
around the strife in Sierra Leone and the traffic in conflict diamonds Walker, Texas Ranger had an episode entitled "Blood Diamonds" based in part on the...
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IIa diamond, a category which includes less than 1% of all diamonds. List of diamonds Internet Stones: Star of Sierra Leone Third Biggest Diamond Bought...
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Late Registration (category Use mdy dates from November 2023)
American health care. The remix of "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" references the deaths of many civilians in diamond mines, as well as reiterating the tension...
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and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (informally British Sierra Leone) was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone from 1808 to 1961, part of...
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Koidu (redirect from Koidu, Sierra Leone)
been using the diamonds to buy weapons and ammunition from Guinea, Liberia, and the Sierra Leone army. The government of Sierra Leone retained a 60% ownership...
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The Sierra Leone Diamond is a 709-carat, alluvial diamond found in 2017 by workers hired by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in river sediment in Koidu village,...
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of its income from the sale of diamonds smuggled through Liberia, which became known as blood diamonds. In late 2000, the Sierra Leone government—supported...
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The Sierra Leone national football team represents Sierra Leone in association football and is governed by the Sierra Leone Football Association. It has...
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Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa with a North Atlantic Ocean coastline to the west. It lies on the African Plate. The country's main geographical...
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The leone is the currency of Sierra Leone. It is subdivided into 100 cents. As of 1 July 2022, the ISO 4217 code is SLE due to a redenomination of the...
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The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. It was created by...
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song by Sabrina Carpenter from Singular: Act I A Diamond is Forever, an advertising slogan of De Beers "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", a 2005 song by Kanye...
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Devo Harris (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
single "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", Harris won the Best Rap Song honor at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Devo earned his BS in Economics from the Wharton...
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This is a list of Football clubs in Sierra Leone. For a complete list see Category:Football clubs in Sierra Leone Anti Drugs Strikers Bai Bureh Warriors...
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discovery of diamonds, two years ahead of the British rulers. The establishment of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust's monopoly on diamond mining and export...
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Sierra Leone is home to around sixteen ethnic groups, each with its own language. In Sierra Leone, membership of an ethnic group often overlaps with a...
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Fula people of Sierra Leone (Pular: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫 𞤅𞤢𞤪𞤤𞤮𞤲) is the fourth major ethnic group in Sierra Leone after the Temne, Mende and Limba ethnic groups...
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Elizabeth II was Queen of Sierra Leone from 1961 to 1971, when Sierra Leone was an independent constitutional monarchy. She was also the monarch of other...
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polishing or cutting the diamonds." On 28 August 2003, BBC News reported that during the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone children were used as combatants...
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Sierra Leone, (/siˌɛrə liˈoʊn(i)/ , also UK: /siˌɛərə -/, US: /ˌsɪərə -/; Krio: Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest...
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Jamil Sahid Mohamed Khalil (category Politics of Sierra Leone)
(1936 - 2000) was a Sierra Leonean-Lebanese businessman, diamonds and commodities trader. He attained prominence in the diamond industry across Africa...
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Sierra Leone is officially a secular state, although Islam and Christianity are the two main and dominant religions in the country. The Sierra Leone Government...
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Mass media in Sierra Leone began when the first modern printing press in Africa arrived at the start of the 19th century. In the 1860s the country became...
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aspects of society in Sierra Leone, especially in the aftermath of the Sierra Leone Civil War. The illicit trade in conflict diamonds funded the rebel Revolutionary...
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Hate It or Love It (category Use mdy dates from October 2021)
by a Duo or Group but lost in both categories to Kanye West's "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" and the Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Phunk with My Heart", respectively...
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