Sierra Leone: Inside the Heart of Blood Diamonds - HardNews Magazine - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Sierra Leone: Inside the Heart of Blood Diamonds – HardNews Magazine

By Umbrellus LLC

Posted May 23, 2011

In Child labor in diamonds, Child Labor News, Child miners, child soldiers, Hazardous Labor

While I was based in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, I traveled to a number of districts including Kono to interact with former child soldiers to learn about their experiences during the war and their plight today. Many ex-child combatants are …
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