Why are diamonds called 'blood diamonds'?

Blood diamonds are diamond mined in a war zone and subsequently sold to finance an insurgency and diamonds mined during the civil war in Angola, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and other nations are referred to blood diamonds. read more

Some diamonds are called blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, because these diamonds were used to finance conflicts in central and western Africa, mostly. The last James Bond movie to star Pierce Brosnan as 007 [Die Another Day] features conflict diamonds prominently in the storyline. read more

Conflict diamonds, or so-called "blood diamonds", are rough diamonds used by rebel dictators to fund wars against legitimate governments. read more