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Dirty Diamonds - Angola

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Nov 1996 Angola boasts the most dangerous and illegal diamond mines in the world. From an aerial view, hundreds of men work like black ants on the crater ridden landscape. In small groups, bare chested, knee deep in murky water they seive gravel for hours until they spot the glitter of one tiny diamond. In town, we interview an illegal trader who compares diamond dealing to the blood diamond trade in a warzone. He takes out a small paper package from his trouser leg and slowly unwraps a cluster of uncut jewels. He carries them to bribe his way out of any difficult situations. The De Beers diamond cartel is keen to stop the illegal diamond trade. A spokesman maintains that most of Angola's diamonds are smuggled out the country and are therefore denied to the people of Angola. "We would like to develop a first class diamond field and build a proper mining operation. In this way the country can be further developed." Local mining companies depend on private security firms to guarantee their safety. While filming, bandits with grenade launchers and machine guns take our reporter by surprise. After much bargaining, she is finally allowed to leave the area.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 06:14
Rating: 4.84
Views: 31928

Tags: Africa  Angola  business  crime  diamond  exploitation  illegal  Journeyman  mines  Pictures  poverty  slavery  west  

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DonCelio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
taking chit without knowing chit
ani1616 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that is why euro go to africa to rape and steal
mansamunsa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Doing the samething over and over again expecting different results.
mbtemlett (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
why are they speaking french in Angola?
chiparasta (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
até quando o homem negro.viverá sem enteder que áfrica é e será terra sua sem necessida de viver a custa do sangue dos de mais negros trocando todo por o que ninguem quer: (armas ,miséria,um sem viver,fome e odio)quando o homem negro (animal da especie humana que vive ou ama o continente negro)entender que o de áfrica é para africa , deixando de consumir está droga está droga chamada trafico legal de armamento... África deixará de ser o continente fornecedor de escravos neste planeta
crankfilms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Angola is a mess but whatever you think about the mining companies they do pay the Angolan government vast amounts of money which they do not feed in to the system. Until the government stops being corrupt and starts helping it's people the country's wealth will never benefit the people who really need it.
Inokea (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Buy cultured diamonds and know for 100% you are not contributing to virtual enslavement of Africans, know that you are not supporting a cartel who will go to any lengths to control diamond supplies even at the expense of the indigenous people of Africa/S. America AND know that you are not contributing to the wholesale rape of the land.
assfaceg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wow, interesting, I had never thought of that.
jackrabbitslim8810 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
people like you already fucked the world up enough so fuck off with your jesus is comin bullshit and go hang yourself
smendes2004 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If you notice, I think Portuguese is the only colonisator language that is ACTUALLY spoken by Africans among them, Angolans, Mozambicans speak in Portuguese among them. You don't see that with French in Senegal or Congo, where French is only the language of scolarization. Among them, they speak local languages.Portuguese colonization was indeed different

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