Since in or about 2015, the FBI has been investigating a series of predatory frauds perpetrated by a group of diamond merchants in the city. This group swindles diamond wholesalers in a variety of ways.

A UN-sponsored watchdog which works to halt the sale of ‘blood diamonds’ by rebel groups is aiming to broaden its scope and ban gems linked to other...

It has been weeks since miner Sembo Sesay found a diamond in this eastern Sierra Leone town, whose soil was once littered with the stones that fuelled...