w. c. global media forum ah, ah, christine sandy beach is as far as the i can see stretching for hundreds of kilometers. 10 years ago, a french couple decided to make this seemingly boundless coastal paradise, their home guinea and sabrina run a hotel and diving club in the town for lang close. today they're expecting a group of tourists who want to make a trip to the see just as we are though of a process. where is it ever it'll be a one hour boat journey to the islands where we'll do to dive and have lunch on better router. so it's lovely out there. as always, we'll be doing our best to enjoy. everyone has a fantastic time. that's our johnson. we'll do today's customers of french, but live in south africa at high tide. the boats in the open sea, just a few steps down from the diving club. ah, ah, the bazaar rousseau archipelago was located practically on the doorstep of the hotel . the waters offer an extraordinary underwater will to delve into my food on receiving. there's a hole in the reef right here. it's like a whirlpool for sharks or if we're lucky, we'll see some of our golf. 8 visitors can look forward to an abundance of sea life. 3 quarters of whose species in the indian ocean are found here. divers come from all over the world to still these reefs and experienced through subtle weight them. and they are in d need. lucky. as the shocks make an appearance, the resolution islands have been designated to a nature park, a refuge untouched by mass tourism evans are welcome to buzzer router. the crystal clear waters a perfect for a snow cling workshop. in the meantime, denise shows us the place where his adventure began. this is where he 1st fell in love with mozambique, its beauty and untamed nature. ah, in the top of the june's offers a breath taking view. ah, zach dia ready to die for? isn't it glorious for, it's just dizzying and makes you want to jump in through more dogs within a c c back than i immediately called my on an santa. we're moving to mozambique. wait till you see it was rightly bye. i bet you've never seen anything like it in your life when i haven't love at 1st sight for country that unfortunately does not just comprise these kinds of images. mozambique has a turbulent history, a country with its fair share of tragic episodes, and more recently haunted once again by this spectre of conflict. mozambique has a coastline stretching 2 and a half 1000 kilometers, and a population of over 30000000 people. the national flag is adorned with the symbol of the countries trouble history, a kalashnikov rifle, mozambique for a long war of liberation against the colonial power, portugal finally gaining independence in 1975 after communist took power, a bloody civil war ensued, exacerbation by proxy cold war politics nearly 1000000 people had died by the time the peace agreement was finally reached in 1992. most em beacons thought who was behind them, but in recent years, civilians in the north of the country have faced a new deadly threat. gee, had his groups in this predominantly muslim region, pledge to legions to the self starved islamic state law and with support from a bruise, a few 1000 fighters of terrorized and intimidated the population next time we'll spare? no one. not a single trial, wilburn everything down. yeah, wow. the insurgency has close at the 3000 lives and seen the displacement of 800000 people. for more than a year, refugees have been living in camps under desperate conditions. one of the most combat hardened armies in africa has been called in to help the rwandan military. within a few weeks, they succeeded in recapturing that she had a strong holds. but the piece remains a fragile one. of the enemy has consolidated their farther north. our goal is to occupy the area where most of their attacks are coming from them. it's a conflict filled by poverty, injustice, and corruption. mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, but it is home to a variety of riches. portuguese colonial rule left an impressive visual heritage, jewels of colonial architecture that have been declared world heritage science. natural gas is another of the country's treasures. huge reserves have been discovered in the north. but the threat opposed by the jihadists has brought various projects to a stand still by this one run by french company total energies. mozambique is also a center of jim stone mining exclusive footage of the world's larger ruby mine in the grin. that is a rubies also hundreds of tons of earth carefully filtered here every day. at the end of the production line, these little treasures we find the bigger, more valuable pieces, rubies gas, ideally beaches and jihad. our investigative journey shows a country blessed by natural assets and cursed by armed conflicts for years. carbo delgado, province in the north eastern corner of the country, has been devastated by the local arm of ins. rather special flight would be taking off today from the provincial capital pembroke, florian maurier works for the united nations development program or u. n. d p. he's needed to make exact preparations for his trip to martin border prior a former i s stronghold. although the town is only 350 kilometers away, traveling by car is not possible because the roads are still too dangerous. but we shall not think the bullet. why not? because i'm fine with webpage at accompanying florian engineers who will assess the extent of the damage and the work to be done. they're traveling with the charted private plane on what would be the 1st visit to the region by you and agency. phillip corner of this is our 1st evaluation mission in this area, and i said, so what is of particular interest to us? because up to 3 weeks ago we had no access younger or what's now changed. so we've got to get there right away and up the little xor when you've got to 3, it's been heavily impacted. it's being completely destroyed like which we know from photos and i witnessed the cow as it had been 142 year old. swiss national is well acquainted with warsaw following simons in somalia and chide. he's now responsible for all the conflict ravaged area of northern mozambique. we discussed 22, arriving missing by the player. the guide is waiting for us and the director of interested tra, is waiting for us as well. yes or no? no, it's not there. i don't think any she ever please. okay. final briefing before heading out on a delicate mission. floria. maria is eager to see the region despite the danger i met with we've been trying to arrange in on the ground, visit the 2 months now. so i'm looking forward to finally getting down to with him. it's only a 55 minute flight to the teams destination with the runway was repaired and reopen . just recently. the visit is scheduled to last just a few hours. for security reasons, the visitors will be escorted by soldiers or is it you or you're going to verify with or has yeah. okay. okay, so let's go with me and gov and got the the scale of the destruction is evident as soon as they leave the airport. just as florida had feared. after being targeted by the jihadists, most in border prior has become a ghost town hall . i saw it before the we were expecting this level of destruction. there is nobody on the straits on it now that the military has cleared the zone and introduced a bit of security. it's important that we take action and help the civilian authorities to reorganize all critic and all that when. yeah, yeah, but it is up to with a task of daunting proportions awaits florio. with so much rebuilding to be done with, with the mob or safety the think them with people out there. we're here in the provincial capital of both in bo, prior, outside the office of the regional administrator, it is ready to go for an entire year. i as imposed its brutal rule here. the entire provincial administration fled when the town was overrun. now they welcomed florio and his team. where was your own office with the u. m. d p. engineers quickly go to work, commit the rumble. the goal is to restore the buildings destroyed by that she had asked as quickly as possible. here the young islamist middleton's a called al, she babb local arabic for you. ah. in august 2020, around a 1000 chabad fighters conquered the city. after a 5 day long battle allied with bias, the chabad took control of all official buildings and seized part of the weapons arsenal of the defeated mozambique an army. wow. over the course of the year that she had a street havoc on the abandoned port city, some 120000 civilians fled with the help of her london soldiers. the town was recaptured in august 2021. after being alfred the militant scattered in all directions, ah 5 months later time seems to have stood still in more symbol at a prior. the city is still badly damaged. despite the large military presence, the city is deserted, its citizens have yet to return. there were no services, no water and no electricity. the militants targeted all monuments and culturally symbolic buildings, including this church. whether that is of omar, i have von boyer b, g, a u, f f in g advisory berlin coast. yeah. it did just destroyed idea. they destroyed everything and everyone in their wake. i married the town hall of i just couldn't remember what we're going inside to talk to the man. he told me that he's living here again. miraculously the mayor of must impose survived the attack. he was the 1st to return when a very few to have done so, 6 of his staff were killed by militants. he managed to escape in time, but lost everything ah releases and did when it's all very sad. the people have laughed and there's no life here any more job you to be taking care of the people in the city. and then everything was suddenly gone. his life has come to a standstill because the battle in order to restore a minimum level of public services here, florio believes the town home should be a priority. but if at them why so got brought up in law a but that with the military on the ground where hoping people to resettle as quickly as possible, the military has secured the city. so now it's over to actually they don't mental family. you're in a hurry, go by we yes, we don't have much time, but i caught up with the team, have no time to lose a full shantrel for their one day visit. and sometimes they would is not might easy for them. ah, this is a pretty fish and right? yes. okay. how many per police officers there we expect to have year in the bath? lucas was you did this last. unfortunately, we are not authorized to give you that information. aladdin was amazing because i thought it's tricky for us because we are the partners and so still yeah. be dates by we recon at equipped if we don't know the numbers of birth on so this is them you sure we have every the, every well i cannot find where we'll give will 2 laptops and one cup because we don't know the number of person that frequency, it's a bit frustrating, but we always need approval from higher and higher up because no one wants responsibility for sharing sensitive information with, you know, you few hours flooring all, maria has gained a sense of what challenges lie head and what needs to be done. millions of euros will be required to bring more symbol at the prior back to life. florio has to raise the necessary funds and attract companies willing to work in a war zone. in the best case scenario, he foresees months of construction work before residents are even able to return the 2 and a half 1000 kilometers away. in the south of mozambique lies the capital. a portal for this burgeoning city of 1000000 people appears to be a world away today. it, mozambique is a democracy, but its communist era. past is evident everywhere with street names ranging from the former north korean leader to communism's intellectual father. the colonial history of the portuguese who founded motto, has likewise been preserved. a scene in the city hall and the railway station are today. m. a po is the country's economic engine and showcase city. far away from the war zones. it attracts talent from all over the country. ricky, is he on fashion designer? absolutely, should you pay attention to the details which gives good. no one is very do you is there okay, i did. it just needs to be more than i did before. coming to my window. i explored all, was of each radley looking for opportunities to lance, my brands. and then in the end, i ended up in law over to you, so we enter on creating my enter. vicki is part of the middle class, him a poacher who have a particular way of life. young urban morden, the very opposite. what the, she babbs in the north seat to enforce them. today, the country is enjoying a period of respite from conflict with the jihad, as having been beaten back by the intervention of the rwandan army. after previously carrying out other peacekeeping missions in africa, it offered to help the government in my portal, which was powerless to stop the threat. 2000 highly trained and well equipped soldiers were deployed to coupled got all a mission. the rwandan government house will give it political influence and economic benefits. a russian built am i. 17 helicopter stands on the airfield in pembroke, ready for take off. it's headed for the conflict ravage region. in the north we were granted special permission to come on board and join up with rwandan troops already on the ground. it will be less than an hour's flight. moved to total city named after the french energy conglomerates had built the sprawling facility was evacuated when the jihadists attacked. the 2 kilometer long runway is brand new and extremely well protected for the companies facility is still intact. now serve as a base camp for the rwandan army. i drive through yes. with the cars arrived and ambulance and, and off road vehicle and it was a very big project. yes, a very big project. we had to secure the premises. the total energy is once had big plans here, very big plans. it invested 60000000000 euros in order to unlock the gas field. considered the most promising in africa. and yet, despite global demand being an unprecedented level since the war in ukraine, everything is now shut down. in this state of the art plant, 5 trillion cubic meters, the gas simply waiting to be extracted. for months now, we're wondering officers have been taking their meals in the companies canteen of the 3000 people who used to work at the size. only a handful remain there in charge of the plants maintenance and had a narrow escape from militants. when we come tools that the open in the yard looked when we came to start opening up the facility, we had problems with shabamo. sometimes we were working and then had to take our children and fleet, or something that they call a maybe a wrong with the relative piece at the moment is g to the rwandan armies presence, but not far away that she had a stain just still lives there with a strong force, they were defeated in their main strongholds, but they've now rebuilt their forces. the terrorists have new tactics, i guess, and a mobile. now to help with see, we cannot make the insurgents go away overnight days, i guess kind of where we wanted to reassure the population. the ones are active on all fronts. that includes conducting regular police operations in comp, auto cadel without it, but at the valet defeated electric. there are thieves who steal electrical wiring, bizarre, they break into homes, cut the power lines, remove the casing, and sell the metal will approve out via a vocal underneath that, the butler, we often arrest them to help the local police. i miss your brown for the law that when they see us, they run away. and in the way it is awfully. this one even left his motorcycle behind a death length on what the the cup a thief didn't get far on foot and was swiftly arrested by the real wanton soldiers . with the commanding officer is the 5th to question him up. i've got everything. where are you from? from over there, from manguno, the one up. what are you transporting? about oper, java. where did you get it? they thought it's not mine. the owner is, oh for that, what is that him? he's in can younger a by that with you? said he's one about. bring them all here. very good. no, anyway. hutchins got it down. the men a turned over to the local police, and the commander can now resume his patrol. in the 6 months have been here. the rwandan soldiers and police have acquired a nickname. they called my guest, she, my carly swahili for very strong men. thanks to them. hope is re emerging in kabul. delgado for the peace remains uneasy . the withdrawal of the rwandan army is not expected any time soon. there is still several 100000 refugees in mozambique in the summer of 2020, at the height of that she had as defensive. around 800000 people left the north of the country. many fled by boat and landed on the beaches of pen bell. oo, after the initial panic, the 1st refugee camps was set up. matuse became home to one of the largest in the country. to day it houses, 16000 people have been there for oh, for a year. oh, good fellow, mamma. oh al kesha and i shall work for a local india called adel. their assessment of the situation is simple. as a shortage of everything here is not working, go north or to their goal needs. here. they need to walk a long long there's to have water. so the biggest issues yet is the food in the water, water and the health. yes and healthy. yes. obviously and health and was, i'm become and there you know that the, this is a so complicated so hard. i'm from up would by they live my family. they had to come here to support for my people. was them because people and people that the suffering a lot with these far from the g had a threat in the north. there is another mozambique that lives in peace. e da mozambique is connected to the mainland by a 3 kilometer long single lane bridge. the island is the former capital and also a world heritage site. the old town has been sped from war and is an architectural treasure with its colonial villas and palaces from the portuguese era explorer of a school. the gama claimed the island for the portuguese in the late 15th century, and for a long time it remained a trading post on the route to india. abdulla how was he a works at the local museum and knows the history of his island inside and out. he was born here and his set himself the mission of preserving its unique cultural heritage. ah, the fortified church of san antoine built in the 16th century. ah, all the imposing fortress of san sebastian, which withstood repeated attacks of the centuries. it's walls and showed that no army ever managed to take the idiot in mozambique the island the gave the country. it's name. this is a, according to the history this morning, meant a was important because the air was very, very important to the friend. did the island was the was i'm big foster was here as a he started say the wasn't being was born on the island. that's why these forces for me is important for us. the most important of the content has been made to protect it. is this item for the future? inefficient still further south, we returned to the land collapse with the french couple run the hotel, the edge of these curious speeches. mm. we made 2 fishermen whose daily life remains blissfully undisturbed. every day of the year they go out catching show fish using a traditional technique that's not without its hazards. ah, aerospace as if almost mountain bay, but it's dangerous for your feet and hands. this for example, you can just find lying in the water. so you dance your way through the water. you can imagine what happens if you tread on one of these up what i would very, what do i do? measures i move my feet and dance a bit to feel what i'm stepping on. and also if i don't know if i find anything i call out and been down to pick it up and it didn't matter. i got another one soon enough that if it's payoff. 2 off to spend the oni an hour in the water, a mondo and a lead, you have a very decent tool. collecting almost 40 kilograms of show fish. a now start cleaning, insulting them according to their market value. oysters are the most expensive muscles and clams are worth far less. again, am i marsh guy? don't paul, nor mylo. brief them bell. but if the may i in a lot of monday, no self study. we're happy with our work every day with a mando in eladio. now need to be on their way in order to sell the couch. will uncle. this is a small tourist town with 25000 inhabitants. so their main customers at beachside restaurants and hotels. on this day they've received an order from sabrina and denise, the french hotel owners. ah . a regular wow. that's all we thought. a ball okay. occupied or this evening. we have 13 or 14 people for dinner or kill choir. so i'll take 40. thank what info and how long have we been doing business with each other? amazon or 4 or 5 years? was that i'm right. you were just a little boy, then are buying go from. yes, i remember this is supposed to. so i think i've been working with him for 10 years . it was if i need something, i call him, he's my shellfish supplier. yes. with wow, a minute with december and january, a high season in the hotel is fully booked in the south. tourism is one of the country's most important industries. while up north mozambique has a very different source of income. oh, this is monta poo is in the province of cowboy delgado home to one of the largest ruby mines in the world. roger puffer car from india is the chief engineer here. he's been at the side since money began here 11 years ago, or today the mind produces a half the world's supply of rubies is with is beginning when we started here in 2001 is where that's come up because i'm not coming in 10 minutes. i will come back to and then ah, she is very strict without our garden, they will not allow c id cards. i'll show bob have never made it this far. dozens of kilometers down a dark red dirt road. there's a huge open pit mine. it covers over $33000.00 hectares of land, an area 3 times the size of paris. along with roger's puff, a car, there is 1600 employees here working to extract the local natural assets. so you can see this. students saw in between. there is a little bit also richest freebies. it's not our inside. this stunt is with dust once and this if you see this is a good i will read. so were dec lake ha, madera born up with our below. so you take everything everything so that we should not miss anything in order not to overlook a single jim stone, nothing is left unturned every day, hundreds of tons of earth are removed before being put through a lengthy processing operation. there are a series of security checks, even for the chief engineer. a feel for you we are a lot running for this is our brothers, blank tons of earth, a washed here with no end of water. preliminary sorting, separates the stones by the end of the process. during calibration, the rubies emerge stringent requirements are in place for anyone wanting to even get close to them or that it doesn't. eric walkerson walkers especially made fun of us office. yeah, already i think on the precious gems unlocked away behind these armored secures. she doors the entrance to the inner sanctum. it looks more like a laboratory with no more mechanical equipment visible. everything here is done by hand and i this is where, with, from south africa comes in. his job is to oversee the classification of rupees, according to the quality, the size of a stone, its shape, its clarity, and it's color. this is so com, he's busy here. he's busy grading. i was, i was secondary product. ok. so this is the way we'd find the bigger, more valuable pieces this stage here where we've, where we see the stock here. this would be almost ready to export. in other words, to exported. we get the government here, we get the cuff and customers, customers, officials and everybody that comes together with him. they'll do inspections. here, we'll get all the necessary approvals and from day we'll, you know, we are export process will take place on this table. i don't, i couldn't tell you what i can tell you. that's difficult because everything's all over the place. no, no, no, there's not with millions. edward does not wish to disclose any specifics, but the price of rubies has been rising sharply. the red gemstone is highly sought after in asia for a jewish prov called the chief engineer. all the hard work at the mine has more than paid off all processes starting from the exploration my name, then processing, then thought process. and then finally, this is of order for all we are going for this and we're getting, this is very satisfying it. and everyone who is working here is that they have what they said is buying and happy and excited for the security of what they is getting in mind. in the last 10 years, the minds, british owner, jim fields, has sold over 500000000 euros with rubies all over the world. a fortune that is tainted with a contentious reputation in mozambique. some people call them blood, rubies. the monaco, as mine is located in one of the poorest regions of the country, the discovery of rubies unless to rush for the red cold. people come in this thousands from across mozambique even from neighboring countries to try their luck . in response, jim fields began enforcing the floors some 7000 illegal prospectors were driven out by private security firms and local police. the methods employed were brutal as seen in this video afforded by human rights activists. jim fields accused of violent attacks and even murder in 2019 the company agreed to pay nearly 7000000 euros to avert a class action lawsuit. tonight, mine is trying to rehabilitate its image among local people. try to lead commerce sing also from india is the science general manager. he also oversees the company's community projects and is welcomed by local farmers as a benefactor. oh ruby. show me where to bond you. rubies. great at the mine his hands because they are the ones who are helping us. they provide us with fertilizes in chemicals and also tractors, coming from swap out that everything comes from the ruby mine. so we think it's really garrity some room for both. there are 7 villages located on the licensed mining area with various initiatives. the company is making a conspicuous effort to win favor with the residence. but nevertheless, there is widespread hardship in the region. and for many, the rubies of the hope of a brighter future. there are a lot of illegal my minus in are only one if you this will is you can find when your legal minus what info or definitely legal mining is one of already she, yes it was for us the when you find them all say we are one of the signatories all fall vps it also you, my god, that is a target for the human rights for you. and once we capture the minus, we immediately try to send them to the local police. but have times really changed . is the situation today for the illegal will be minus 5 am the following day. we meet a group of a legal prospectors, a few kilometers from the mine. they didn't weigh on the company's land despite the ban. a lot of people were off to walk, to dig. i so rarely were afraid of the guards. it's less risky. this early i would have been on foot. it takes only 10 minutes to reach a place of already scattered out on the edges of this pool. and them they start working as fast as they can, as soon as they arrive, using the rudimentary tools at their disposal, a vent free. this is taking way too long. pass me the, i mean it's really difficult. you can use up 203040 or even a 100 bags and end up with nothing. it wants to going to fill the cycle to they wash the content manually. very crude method for filtering at any gemstones. then it's inspection time in the hopes of finding a ruby with quick harry up with the bias cheetos. so we don't know the prices. i mean, how much is a gram we don't know, so we accept the price they give us. yeah, i think that is, it says and today to they are very wary at the company security guards. they cannot afford to be quarterly. so you don't, you live for both of you live by the violent they beat us, take away our equipment and put us in jail and we live up on like a day. so i was a bit of them were afraid where paul, even if we go to the mining company, they don't give us, was it? that's why we're forced his deal with. but if it was available by them, after 15 minutes of work, they returned home with the meager home there they can inspect the stones again in the hope of striking red cold. 2000 kilometers away from the hardship of kabul delgado. sabrina denise. daily life is shaped by the tides. for 10 years, the french couple have been basking in a feeling of freedom. from here, it's difficult to imagine conditions in the north of the country. said he mister barely gets it's hain't sir really negative and brutal picture of mozambique, but that's not what the country is like. it's a real shame measuring almost to see it. if i see it by years of civil war, have killed a 1000000 people and left the country drained. they don't want to fight again, that's for sure. but unfortunately, there is only poverty applewood despite the great wealth present in this country, poverty still persists. under these circumstances, it's still a challenge for mozambique to finally enjoy some pace. ah, ah mm. so a quick holiday get away is always possible. drew rattie indulges in $330.00 trip on the d. w. travel recorder and you tuber discovers the peculiarities of berlin, munich, and cologne, one with an intimate look at germany, the biggest city check in 30 minutes on d w. ah ah, they will stay with love on banding thing that way, but i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holden, every day, just getting are you ready to meet the german then join me right. just do it on d. w. on flying rivers created by a waterfalls flowing water particles into here. she trees sweating out up to 1000 liters of water in a day. i'm sure sea forest fires evaporating large amounts of moisture i'll get the answer in the invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d w a ah, this is got your new fly from by let me put in with crimea the russian president trip to the black, defendant's block on just a day after i meant to national arrest warrant as issue with mark 9. your instruct, illegal on the creation of the region from your credit was coming up.