...involvement of official Liberian interests in Sierra Leone's brutal war - for the purpose of pillaging rather than politics. By the end of the 1990s Liberia...with an outlet for diamonds and has done the same for cither diamond producing countries. The civil war lasted from 1991 until the signing of the Lome peace...

...involvement of official Liberian interests in Sierra Leone's brutal war - for the purpose of pillaging rather than politics. By the end of the 1990s Liberia...throughout Africa and considerably further afield. In retum for weapons, it provided the RUF with an outlet for diamonds and has done the same for other...

...involvement of official Liberian interests in Sierra Leone's brutal war - for the purpose of pillaging rather than politics. By the end of the 1990s Liberia...throughout Africa and considerably further afield. ln retum for weapons, it provided the RUF with an outlet for diamonds and has done the same for other...

...Sierra Leone. As a report by Partnership Africa Canada concluded: There is little doubt that Liberia has become a major centre for massive diamond-related criminal activity, with connections to smuggling and theft throughout Africa and considerably further afield. In return for weapons, it has...