Mental find greatest diamond

A Christian clergyman in Sierra Leone has found a club of a rough diamond.

A local commander from the Kono region handed the diamond to President Ernest Bai Koroma on behalf of Emmanuel Momoh, who made the discovery. The government of the poor West African country is planning to auction the gem. Koroma thanked give the intermediary Thursday for his honesty by the diamond to the government rather than to smuggle abroad. The proceeds will now benefit the population.

Sierra Leone has a long history of civil war, funded by 'blood diamonds.' It came to an end in 2002.