"69. . . a whole network of Israelis was established, including Mr. Gertler in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lev Leviev in Angola and Shmuel Shnitzer in Sierra Leone. In all three cases, the pattern is the same. Conflict diamonds are exchanged for money, weapons and military training. These diamonds are then transported to Tel Aviv by former Israeli Air Force pilots, whose numbers have significantly increased both in UNITA-held territory in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Israel, these diamonds are then cut and sold at the Ramat Gan Diamond Centre."
http://www.congojeunesse.com/report3.html
If you distrust that website, mix and match a search on: Lev Leviev, Russia, Gaidamak, Gaydamak, diamonds, weapons, Falcone,Angola, Africa Israel,ASCorp,blood diamonds. You will find the report elsewhere (usually as a PDF or DOC download). Lots of other information out there on the connections between Gaydamak and Leviev.
mafree...the UN report above suggests low level warfare in Africa maintained solely because it is in the economic interest of some very powerful and rich outsiders to have conflict.
Btw...DeBeers is involved in coltan. Checking to see if Leviev is too. Only three companies in the world process it. The one in the USA won't handle "blood coltan' but the one in Marc Rich's favor place, the former Soviet Union, does.