Blood diamonds refer to the illegal trading to fund conflicts in war-torn areas in African countries, it is used by rebel against legitimate governments. It is an estimated that 65% of the world’s diamonds come from African nations. There is two ways to extract diamond, in this article it focuses on artisanal diamond mining, that is basically a slavery process where miners work in very dangerous conditions. Furthermore, the rebels force poor men, women and children into slave labor to mine the diamonds as they considered an easy source of cheap labor. These labors treated by violence, threats and torture, to extract diamonds that are used to purchase arms and fund their military actions. Sierra Leon is one example of the countries that export diamonds and it’s occupies the 10th place in the world, but it’s the 5th poorest country in the world. There are initiatives to have a conflict free diamond like Kimberly process, it is run by the government, to certify conflict- free diamonds. But until now the unethical practices to extract diamond still exists, and there is a truth that even an expert gemologist can’t tell the difference between the diamonds that are conflict-free or a blood diamond.

Keywords: Blood diamond, Africa, Greed, Ethics