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...diamonds on the border of a country with one of the world's highest violent-crime rates--South Africa--might be questionable. But the benefit to Botswana, through stable jobs in Gaborone, is undeniable. What will surprise many old industry hands, particularly those familiar with the saga of Sierra Leone's conflict diamonds, is how the building is also evidence of what the country can do for diamonds. "The way people feel about diamonds has to be the way they think about our company," says Penny. "We have to be a role model. We want to make a profit...
...panelist, Eleanor D. Thompson ’05, said giving back was a “responsibility” for Sierra Leoneans both inside and outside the country...
...have always felt as though I should use the opportunity that I’ve had here in the U.S. and as a Harvard student to, in some way, contribute to the development processes in Sierra Leone,” she said. "We need to acknowledge our situation - our opportunities - and allow it to humble us, and ultimately give us a sense of purpose...
Washington, who discovered his genetic link to the Mende people of Sierra Leone and will earn his Sierra Leonean citizenship next month, extended this idea to all African Americans. He said he urges African American celebrities to take up the cause, as well...
...escaped last spring, their captors gave them boots so small it made their steps only more agonizing. (The rebels finally hacked off the toes of the boots with machetes to lessen the pain.) Pinchao says the men trekked for days until they reached a FARC camp in the Sierra de la Macarena, where they were initially penned together in a slung cage whose low, barbed-wire ceiling prevented them from standing up. "Despite being held together like that, [FARC guards] forbade them from talking to each other," Pinchao said in a recent deposition obtained by TIME...