Conflict diamonds have funded devastating civil wars in Africa, and have been associated with human rights abuses, environmental damage, and terrorism.
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While many of the wars from which conflict diamonds originated have abated, state sanctioned violence in the diamond industry has not.
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The Kimberley Process oversees diamond mines but ignores human rights abuses including child labor, state sanctioned violence, and worker exploitation and poverty.
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Many of the world's diamonds are harvested using practices that exploit children, communities, and the workers.
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Lacking strong controls and regulation, diamond mining has wreaked environmental havoc throughout Africa.
