It’s been three months since Mwanza last found a diamond ... notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones, often by forced labor ...

Leonardo DiCaprio starred as a white African gunrunner in Blood Diamond, a film that revolves around the Sierra Leonean civil war that left a scar on the country's economy.

Mercenary Danny Archer joins forces with former fisherman Solomon Vandy in war-torn Sierra Leone, agreeing to help Vandy find his lost son in return for the priceless diamond he hid while forced to ...