Cameroon Mining: Newly Discovered Diamond Mines Bring Hopes of Development

www.cameroon-tribune.net%2Fblog%2F2012%2F01%2Fnewly-discovered-diamond-mines-bring-hopes-of-development-to-cameroon%2F' data-shr_title='Cameroon+Mining%3A+Newly+Discovered+Diamond+Mines+Bring+Hopes+of+Development'>www.cameroon-tribune.net%2Fblog%2F2012%2F01%2Fnewly-discovered-diamond-mines-bring-hopes-of-development-to-cameroon%2F'>www.cameroon-tribune.net%2Fblog%2F2012%2F01%2Fnewly-discovered-diamond-mines-bring-hopes-of-development-to-cameroon%2F' data-shr_title='Cameroon+Mining%3A+Newly+Discovered+Diamond+Mines+Bring+Hopes+of+Development'> 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 the diamond mines would bring