Argumentative Essay On Blood Diamond Trade

‘“Diamonds are forever” it is often said. But lives are not. We must spare people the ordeal of war, mutilations and the death for the sake of conflict diamonds.’ Martin Chungong Ayafor, Chairman of the Sierra Leone Panel of Experts, said. Diamonds, the jewelry that represents eternal love, have been chased by couples for years. However, the movie Blood Diamond revealed the truth behind the purest diamonds. In some African countries which have abundant diamond resources, the rebel groups financed the war and conflicts by selling the diamonds, that was known as conflict diamonds or blood diamonds. The blood diamond trade should be prohibited because it will lead to the war and the suffering of innocent people.

The poor African countries with abundant diamond resources are the areas that suffered from the war which financed by the blood diamond trade, such as Angola, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Angola and Sierra Leone are the heavily affected areas. Both two countries used to be the colonies of European countries. After European left, Africans did not know how to run a country, moreover, Africa is not a place that suitable for agriculture. Without the appropriate management, famine happened throughout the most part of Africa. The corrupt government and lack of food supply eventually led to the war. Most African countries were poor, they can not launch a war due to the lack of funds. However, in those countries which have the diamond