This trading relationship is even more dominant today that s why there s been a debate over the World Trade Organization. African leaders are trying to buy weapons. Weapons mean security for them. In order to buy weapons they need money. In order to get money they need oil or diamonds.
Diamonds are a commodity in world trade.
So instead of fighting for democracy, many of the leaders are actually fighting over diamonds. But they re not alone. Well like in most stories, the news is not in the headline, it s way down at the bottom. Well of course they re lax. They re not interested in identifying where gems come from.