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Newly Discovered Diamond Mines Bring Hopes of Development to Cameroon

Cameroon Tribune.net | January 5, 2012 | 2:30 pm Africa Europe Diamond

The recent discovery of previously untapped diamond mines in Eastern Cameroon has had the Cameroon news media in a virtual frenzy, but that’s not all. The local residents, whose standard of living so far has been abysmally low, suddenly have hopes that…