Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front, or R.U.F, traded this substance to dictator Charles Taylor while arming children to fight a government in Freetown.
A cartel providing this good was run by Ernest and Harry Oppenheimer, who controlled the "Big Hole." Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front, or R.U.F, traded this substance to dictator Charles Taylor while arming children to fight a government in Freetown. A 2000 meeting about certifying this material was held in Kimberley, where a supply of it had made Cape Colony rich under Cecil Rhodes. For 10 points, name this material sold by the De Beers Company, whose lucrative trade and mining fueled Sierra Leone's civil conflict.
A cartel providing this good was run by Ernest and Harry Oppenheimer, who controlled the "Big Hole."
diamonds [or blood diamonds; or conflict diamonds]