In this country, Jeanne-Marie Ruth-Rolland became the first woman to run in an African presidential election. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country where Ruth-Rolland feuded with David Dacko, who inherited the mess of a self-proclaimed “emperor” who spent a third of this country’s budget on a coronation.
ANSWER: Central African Republic [or the CAR; accept the République Centrafrique or RCA; accept the Central African Empire or CAE]
[10e] Ruth-Rolland led a branch of this international humanitarian organization that hosted the first Geneva Convention and provides blood donations.
ANSWER: Red Cross [accept the Red Crescent or Red Crystal]
[10m] Ruth-Rolland exposed Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s claims that he sold these goods to the Red Cross. The Kimberly System authenticates these goods to prevent their smuggling out of conflicts like the Sierra Leone Civil War.
ANSWER: diamonds [accept blood diamonds]
<Ganon Evans, History - World - African> ~20871~ <Editor: Jordan Brownstein>