taste, so i find it hard to offer my support type of infantile may not be flavor of the month in europe. but his huge popularity among the majority of 5211 members means his re election as president is likely to be a formality. coming up next, the documentary, mozambique land of treasures and turmoil, more news, a dw dot com. so as our social media, the handle is added on the news told me allow to go for myself and the team many thanks for joining us. mm hm. are flying rivers formed by hey waterfalls. perspiring trees or c evaporation during forest fires.

like if i don't get the answer in a demo, a by invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d w. ah. ah. christian sandy, beaches 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 are expecting a group of tourists who want to make a trip to the c, as, as we are the of a process. when is it ever it'll be a one hour boat journey to the islands where we'll do to dive and have lunch on basil 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 will do today's customers of french, but live in south africa at high tide, the boat some yoke and see 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 no food on receiving. there's a hole in the reef right here. it's like a world pool for sharks. if we're lucky, we'll see sour. oh my god, why visitors can look forward to an abundance of sea life. 3 quarters of all species in the

indian ocean of found here. divers come from all over the world to excuse these reefs and experienced the thrills that await 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 buzz a router. the crystal clear waters a perfect for a snow cling workshop. in the meantime, danny 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 juno offers a breathtaking view. ah, he sat 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 caught my eye on an santa when moving to mozambique. wait till you see it as rightly bye. i bet you've never seen anything like it in your life. well, 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 a 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 to power. a bloody civil war ensued, exacerbated by proxy cold war politics. nearly 1000000 people had died by the time a 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, pledged allegiance 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. we'll burn everything down. ah, the insurgency has cost for 3000 lies 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 the g 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 push against colonial rule, left an impressive visual heritage, jewels of colonial architecture that have been declared world heritage science. natural gas is another of the countries treasures. huge reserves have been

discovered in the north, but the threat opposed by the jihadists has brought various projects to a stand still like this one run by french company total energies. mozambique is also a center of gemstone mining exclusive footage of the world's larger ruby mine. in the grin, that is a little boy is also hundreds of tons of earth, carefully filtered here every day. at the end of the production line, these little treasures refined 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. cobbled delgado province in the north eastern corner of the country has been devastated by the local arm of ins. rather special flight will be taking off to day from the provincial capital pembroke. florian maria works for the united nations development program, or

u. n. d p. he's needed to make exact preparations for his trip to matson border. prior. a former i is stronghold, although the town is only 350 kilometers away. traveling there 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 repeated 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. philip honda of this is our 1st evaluation mission in this area with us. excellent. why? it's 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 then it. alexa, when you've got to 3 and it's been heavily impacted,

it's been completely destroyed like which we know from photos and i witness the cow, has it been one, has a 42 year old, swiss national is well acquainted with wasn't following simons, in somalia and chad he's now responsible for all the conflict ravaged area of northern mozambique. it is just full to arriving missing by the player. the cat is waiting for us and the director of interested tra, is waiting for us as well. right? yes. oh no. no, it's not there. i go to pick any sheet. okay. final briefing before heading out on a delicate mission. floria, maria is eager to see the region despite the danger

i met with the level of we've been trying to arrange in on the ground, visit it 2 months now. so i'm looking forward to finally getting down to what i did, but most any time it's only a 55 minute flight to the team's destination with the runway was repaired and reopened. 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? are you are going to verify with or has yeah. are okay if us let go. do come with me and gov and got the the scale of the destruction is evident as soon as they leave the airport. just as

flooring all had feared. after being targeted by the jihadists most in border prior has become a ghost town hall . i said before blue, we were expecting this level of destruction. there's nobody on the straits 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 with a task of daunting proportions awaits florio. with so much rebuilding to be done with

the mob or safety of the district. them with the boy that were here in the provincial capital of both in bo, prior, outside the office of the regional administrator did this thing 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 cold l. chabad, local arabic for youth. awe 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 ceased part of the weapons arsenal of the defeated mozambique an army. wow. over the course of the year that she had history to 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 else, did the militant scattered in all directions ah, 5 months later time seems to have stood still in mouth amble at a price. 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. what is it is of alma, i have von boyer b, g with a u. f. f busy advisory board, and course the just for this right idea. they destroyed everything and everyone in their wake them in the town hall of i could take them out what we're going inside to talk to the mac. if you see that he told me that he's living here again. miraculously, the mayor of muffin paused, 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 didn't care when it's all very sad. the people have laughed and there's no life here any more. oh job you to be taking care of the people in the city. and then everything was suddenly gone is, life has come to a standstill because the battle in order to restore a minimum level of public services here. florio believes the town hall should be a priority. but if at them, why should have brought the optimal. 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 schedule 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 party sophie thirsts there? we expect to have hearing the bus and consent to the the sequence? unfortunately, we're not authorized to give you that information. collateral isn't amazing because that's what it's tricky for us because we are the partners in seattle. yeah. but it did by we reconnect. equipped, if we don't know the numbers of birth on so this of them you sure we have every the, every well. okay, that's fine. we will 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 myself. you know, you few hours flooring all, maria has gained a sense of what challenges lie head and what needs to be done means of euros will be required to bring multiple at the prior back to life, florio has to raise the necessary funds and attract companies willing to work in a war zone and the best case scenario,

he foresees months of construction work before residents are even able to return. ah, the 2 and a half 1000 kilometers away in the south of mozambique lies the capital. a portal lou. this burgeoning city of 1000000 people appears to be a world away today. mozambique is a democracy, but its communist era, past is evident everywhere with street names ranging from the form and 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 a young fashion designer.

vessel he should you pay attention to the details which gives good no one is very active, is there okay. did it just needs to be more in the night before coming to our window? i explored on our wasn't it's rapidly looking for opportunities to lance. my friends and then i ended up in love. 1 over it with you. so we all creating my enter vicki is part of the middle class in the porto who have a particular way of life. young urban martin. the very opposite. what the she bobs in the north sea to enforce them. today, the country is enjoying a period of respite from conflict with the g had us haven't 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 to god or with a mission. the rwandan government house will give it political influence and economic benefits. a russian built in my 17 helicopter stands on the airfield in pembroke, ready for take off. it's headed for the conflict, ravage region in the north. when we were granted special permission to come on board and join up with rwandan troops already on the ground that will be less than an hour was flight moved to total city named after the french energy conglomerate that built the sprawling facility was evacuated when the jihadists attacked the 2 kilometer long runway is brand new and

extremely well protected. i forgot the company's facility is a still intact. now serve as a base camp for the real want an army i drive through. yes. the cars arrived in ambulance and and off road vehicle. 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 plants. 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, a gas a simply waiting to be extracted me for months. now london officers have been taking their meals in the company's 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 to that open and look at when we came to start opening up the facility, we had problems with shabani. sometimes we were working and then had to take our children and fleet. all of the relative peace at the moment is g to the london armies presence. but not far away that she had to stay and just still looms. she didn't mean

a strong course. they were defeated in their main strongholds, but they've now rebuilt their forces. the terrorists have new tactics and a mobile. now we cannot make the insurgents go away overnight days. i guess we want to reassure the population. the ones active on france that includes conducting regular police operations in cobbled and got all the electric thieves who's deal electrical wiring. they break into homes, cut the power lines, remove the casing, and sell the metal out to do a vocal, and we often arrest them to help the local police. when they see us, they run away and move. why? it's all this one even left, his motorcycle behind the copper thief didn't get far on foot and was

swiftly arrested by the rwandan soldiers over. the commanding officer is the 1st to question him. where are you from? from over there, from manguno. what are you transporting? oper job, where did you go? it's not mine. the owner is over. that is that him, he's in, can younger you said you want to bring them all here. good, good. now hutchins hutchins, it down, the men are 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 madge is she ma 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 pinball oo. after the initial panic, the 1st refugee camps was set up matuse and became home to one of the largest in the country. to day it houses, 16000 people have been there for oh, for

a year. ah fellow mamma. oh al kesha and i shall work for a local india called adel. their assessment of the situation is simple. there's a shortage of everything here. it's not working, no orders to local 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 3rd, this is a so complicated so hard. i'm from up would by they live my family. they had to come here to support the my people with them because people and people that the suffering a lot with these far from that she 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 breach. 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 and 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 santa antwan built in the 16th century. ah,

all the imposing fortress of san sebastian, which withstood repeated attacks of the centuries. it's walls ensured that no army ever managed to take the idiot in mozambique the island 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 mozambique foster was here as a that he started say that was a big was born on the island. that's why this forty's, for me, is important for us. the most important of the content is very, very important to protect you. this is i didn't for the future. inefficient still further south we returned to the lung collapse with the french couple run the hotel, the edge of these glorious 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, it works best 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 you 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. it also wonder if i find anything i call out and been down to pick it up and it didn't matter. i got, i don't know if we're gonna do soon enough that if it's payoff off to spend the

oni an hour in the water a mondo. and eladio 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, m a marsh guy don't. busy paul, not a mile breeze jacket dumbbell place that made you i in love monday. not simply study. we're happy with our work every day with amanda and the leading out. now need to be on their way in order to sell the couch. well, uncle, this is a small tourist town with $25000.00 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 good. well, that's the one with the ball. okay. occupied on this evening, we have 13 or 14 people for dinner or kill choir, so we'll take 40. thank wondering how long have we been doing business with each other? amazon or 4 or 5 years old? was that i'm right. you were just a little boy then or by 5. 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 shell fish supplier, quote yes with oh,

a day like 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 pool is in the province of cobbled 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. today the mind produces a half the world's supply of rubies. this with beginning, when we started here in 2001 is where that's come up because i'm

not coming in 10 minutes. i will come up with the signal is very strict without back garden, they will not a load id cards. i'll sure 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 hectic of land, an area 3 times the size of paris. along with rogers of 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 rave of it. 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. i feel for you we are in the long run 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. although it doesn't have any walkerson in this market list, especially my thought 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, it's shape. it's 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 been way we'd find the bigger, more valuable pieces this stage here where we, 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 corporate 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 or, you know, it's difficult because everything's all over the place. so 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 part of our car, 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 the border for all we are doing for this and we're getting, this is very satisfying it and everyone who is what it is that they have what they said. it's like, i'm happy and excited this negative. often nothing is getting in my 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 mon to pu as mine is located in one of the poorest regence of the country, the discovery of rubies, unless to rush for the rate cold. people come in their thousands from across mozambique, even from neighboring countries to try their luck. in response, jim fields began enforcing its laws. some 7000 illegal prospectors were driven out by private security firms and local police with the methods employed were brutal as seen in this video forwarded by human rights activists. jim fields to the accused of violent attacks and even murder in 2019 the company agreed to pay nearly 7000000

euros to the to class action lawsuit. today the mind is trying to rehabilitate its image among local people. roha lad kumar, seeing also from india is the science general manager why he also oversees the company's community projects and is welcomed by local farmers as a benefactor. oh ruby, i shall remove to want you rubies great. that the mind is here. they are the ones who are helping us. they provide us with fertilizers in chemicals and also tractors on with. so without that, everything comes from the ruby mine. so we think it's really dirty. some movable. 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 on the one if you this really is you can find when you little minus wasn't phone or definitely legal mining is one of our very she yes it was for us. the way you find them are, say, we are one of the signatories all fall, replace it also humor that, that is a charter for 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 to day for the illegal will be minus 5 am the following day. we meet a group of illegal prospectors, a few kilometers from the mine they did away on the company's land, despite the band.

a lot of people were off to walk, to dig. why so early? we're 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 scouted out on the edges of this pool. them . they start working as fast as they can, as soon as they arrive using the rudimentary tools at their disposal with this is taking way too long past me the, i mean, it's really difficult. you can use up 203040 or even a 100 bags and end up with nothing. i mean, once the group has filled a cycle to they wash the content manually.

very crude method for filtering at any gemstones. for then it's inspection time in the hopes of finding of ruby that quick harry up with the bias cheetos. so we don't know the prices, how much is a gram? we don't know. so we accept the price they give us it is in says and to day to day, very wary at the company security guards, they cannot afford to be quarterly. so have you, do you live for one of your live buyers on their violent they beat us, take away our equipment and put us in jail and we live up on like a day. i feel i was a bit of them were afraid where paul, even if we go to the mining company,

they don't give us well to say the live. that's why their phones is deal with. but if it was the bottom, after 15 minutes of work, they returned home with a 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. and 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 bailey gets it's hain't sir really negative and brutal a picture of mozambique, but that's not what the country is like. it's a real shame measuring it was that the if i to you about 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 piece. ah ah ah, ah star chef with a mission that goes far beyond good cuisine. for 2 remarks, social commitment is a matter of course is cooking school is open to everyone. there is

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