Locals in a Sierra Leonean village are still waiting to receive their portion of the proceeds from a diamond sold two months ago.

The 709-carat gem tagged ‘Peace Diamond’ was found by Emmanuel Momoh, an evangelical pastor in Koyadu, a village in the eastern district of the West African country.


The Pastor had handed over the diamond to the government in return for a promise of using the 59% government tax revenue from the sale (about $3.9 million) to provide basic infrastructure and amenities in the community while a quarter of the funds will be shared among the mining crew.

The stone was sold on 4th December, 2017 to a British Jeweler in a high publicised auction held in New York.

The little village has no electricity, modern health facility, public water supply or access roads.

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Wristler:
Oh my my.... The way mother nature works the earth... Diamonds in the dirt of the poor, poverty in the dirt of the weak. Diamond on the neck of the rich, Riches in the pocket of the strong.

Wristler:
Oh my my.... The way mother nature works the earth... Diamonds in the dirt of the poor, poverty in the dirt of the weak. Diamond on the neck of the rich, Riches in the pocket of the strong.