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World Service,7 mins

How digging for diamonds funded my education

The Fifth Floor

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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. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa's Umaru Fofana is a local, and it turns out he knows quite a bit about digging for diamonds. Photo credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

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