Links to background articles general | angola | drc | west africa close window National Geographic (March 2002): Diamonds: the real story Financial Times (July 12 2000): An investigation into the illicit diamond trade New York Times (June 2000): Africa's diamond wars general | angola | drc | west africa close window BBC News (Aug 1999): Special report: The Angolan conflict Operation Angola le dossier des ventes d'armes en Angola general | angola | drc | west africa close window SAIS Review Vol. XXII, no. 1 (Spring 2002): Stolen Goods: Coltan and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo New York Times (Aug. 12 2001): A Black Mud From Africa Helps Power the New Economy Washington Post (March 16 2001): Vital Ore Funds Congo's War: Combatants Profit From Col-Tan Trade Human Rights Watch: Congo: killing civilians Het Belang van Limburg (Jan 2002): De oorlog in de Kongo New York Times (Feb 6 2000): Armies Ravage a Rich Land, Creating Africa's 'First World War' Washington Post: Special reports from Congo general | angola | drc | west africa close window The Guardian special report: Sierra Leone (2001): Sierra Leone news coverage Washington Post: Liberia: Liberia news coverage BBC News (2001): West Africa's tangled war BBC News (Sep 2000): Crisis in Sierra Leone Conciliation Resources: Accord (Sept 2000): Paying the Price: The Sierra Leone Peace Process BBC News (July 1999): Sierra Leone's civil war Africa Confidential: Chronology of Sierra Leone - How diamonds fuelled the conflict (1991-1998) general | angola | drc | west africa close window