Blood Diamonds Report: Precious Stones, Embargoes and Warfare - #F24Debate (Part 1)

Blood Diamonds Report: Precious Stones, Embargoes and Warfare - #F24Debate (Part 1) Subscribe to France 24 now http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Diamonds are not the root cause of the ethnic and religious bloodshed in the Central African Republic... but precious stones are again fueling a civil war on the African continent. Two decades after Liberian warlord Charles Taylor decided to fund his rebellion with diamonds across the border in Sierra Leone, France 24 went to the Central African Republic's eastern mining region where, despite a ban on exports, digging continues with militias pocketing the earnings. Our guests: Alexander LERCHE, Journalist and former diamond prospecter, Julie OWONO, Internet Without Borders, Martin ZIGUELE, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2001 to 2003. 06/09/2014 THE DEBATE part 1 Subscribe to France 24 now http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Follow the show on Twitter: @F24Debate (  / f24debate  ) And its producers: @FrancoisF24 (  / francoisf24  ) @AnnetteF24 (  / annettef24  ) @AnneliseBorges (  / anneliseborges  ) @haxieMB (  / haxiemb  ) All shows: http://www.france24.com/en/list/emiss... FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook:   / france24.english   Follow us on Twitter:   / france24_en