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How digging for diamonds funded my education

One of the biggest rough diamonds ever found is going for auction next week. The 709 carat stone was found in the Kono district of Sierra Leone. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa's Umaru Fofana is a local, and it turns out he knows quite a bit about digging for diamonds.

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