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The document discusses blood diamonds and their role in funding conflicts in Africa. It notes that rebels sell blood diamonds to purchase arms and finance military actions. The diamonds are produced through forced labor and often result in death, torture, and violence. Money from the illegal diamond trade is one of the main sources of funding for rebel groups in Africa.
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- 2. Why The Diamonds are a Problem Rebels sell these diamonds
- 3. Money goes to purchasing arms or military actions
- 4. Produced through blood of men, women, and children
- 5. Blood diamonds are stolen during shipment or seized by attacking mining operations
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- 20. not geographically, ethnically, or in any way shape or form related to modernÌýGhanaÌý
- 23. 4th ruler in asante
- 25. Merged many states into asante union
- 26. Osei tu tu killed in a war against the anyem in 1717