world record in sydney on friday, the australian shattered the previous record held by south africa's josh insulin of 30 hours and 11 minutes and to the cheers of dedicated onlookers. johnston did not stop there. he stayed in the water on his board into the evening to achieve a full 40 hours of non stop. sir. you're watching d. w. news rubber land up next. we've got a documentary film looking at mozambique land of treasures and turmoil on terry martin. thanks for watching our flying rivers formed by hey waterfalls. perspiring trees or sea evaporation during forest fires. i don't get the answer in a black,

visible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d w. ah ah. christine 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 denny and sabrina, run a hotel and diving club in the town for lank los today, they're expecting a group of tourists who want to make a trip to the sea just as we are though of a process. what is it? however, it will be a one hour boat journey to the islands where we'll do to dive and have lunch on bad router. so it's lovely out there as always,

will 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 mad 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 whose species in the

indian ocean are 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 business. 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 breathtaking view. ah, he sat at the leah ready to die for, isn't it glorious for?

it's just dizzying and makes you want to jump in 2 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. 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 halted 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 troubled 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 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, 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 will spare no one. not a single trial. willburn everything down. ah, the insurgency has cost of the 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. movement 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 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 ruby's also hundreds of tons of earth carefully filtered here every day. at the end of the production line, these little precious, 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 cobble delgado province in the north. eastern corner of the country has been devastated by the local olive ins rather special flight. we'll be taking off today 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 modern board

prior a former i s 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 look and find me? oh, certainly reputable. accompanying furinora 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 in agency. phillip corner of this is our 1st evaluation mission in this area with off insulin white. it's of particular interest to us because up to 3 weeks ago we had no access young core for that's now changed. so we've got to get there right away and up the nit alexa, when you got to sleep, 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 was done following simon's in somalia and chad. he's now responsible for all the conflict ravaged area of northern mozambique . it is just $22.00, arriving missing by the player. the cat is waiting for us and her very carol, of infested tra, is waiting for us as well. oh, yes. oh 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 on that level. we've been trying to arrange and on the ground,

visit it 2 months now. so i'm looking forward to finally getting down to work with them. it's only a 55 minute flight to the teams 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 agree? yes or has yeah. okay. okay, so let's go with me and go and gun the gun. 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 saw it before blue. we were expecting this level of destruction. there's 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 with a task of daunting proportions awaits florio. with so much rebuilding to be done with the mob or safety of the defeat them with him by the choir. where here in the provincial

capital of most in bo, prior, outside the office of the regional administrator, it is the gone for an entire year i as imposed its brutal rule here. the entire provincial administration fled when the town was overrun. now they welcome 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 seized part of the weapons arsenal of the defeated mozambique and army. wow. over the course of the year that she had asked reeked 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 militants scattered in all directions. ah, 5 months later time seems to have stood still and more symbol to prior. the city is still badly damaged. despite the large military presence, the city is deserted, its citizens have yet to return. there are no services, no water and no electricity. the

militants targeted all monuments and culturally symbolic buildings, including this church. mm. whether that is a bummer, that they have von boyer b, g, b a u f b, advisory board and coast. yeah, it did just destroyed, i guess they destroyed everything and everyone in their wake them in the town hall of i did good. thank. remember, 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

delicious and did 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. his life has come to a standstill since because he the bottle in order to restore a minimum level of public services here. florio believes the town home should be a priority. with them was a capital to happen. it but that with the military on the ground were helping people to resettle as quickly as possible. the military has secured the city. so now it's over to our city. 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. i have a full schedule for their one day visit and sometimes they work is not made easy for them. ah, this is a pretty fish and right?

yes. okay. how many per police officers there we expect to have hearing the bath lucas went to the the cigarettes. unfortunately, we are not authorized to give you that information. a lot of them isn't amazing because that's why it's tricky for us because we are the partners and social gabby dates by we cannot equipped if we don't know the numbers of 1st on. so did them usual. we have every the, every well, okay, fine. we will give will 2 laptops and one car because we don't know the number of person that was close. it is a bit frustrating, but we always need approval from high 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 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 motto, new this burgeoning city of 1000000 people appears to be a world away to day 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 as seen in the city hall and the railway station are today. i am. 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 active, is there okay? did it just needs to be more in the night before coming to my window? i explored one hour, wasn't each radley looking for opportunities to lance, my friends, and then i ended up in love. 1 over with you, so we enter on creating my enter. vicki is part of middle class him a porto who have a particular way of life. young urban martin. the very opposite. what the she bobs in the north sea to enforce noon 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 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 still intact, now served as a base camp for the real want an army drive? yes. the cars arrived and 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 tools that the open in the yard little when we came to start opening up the facility, we had problems with shabamo make sometimes we were working and then had to take our children and flea was starting to think while a baby of so i don't know what the relative piece at the moment is g to the london armies presence, but not far away that she had a stain just still lives through it. she did in

a strong voice. 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 sign up with. see, we cannot make the insurgents go away overnight days i just got were, we were wanting to reassure the population. the ones are active on all fronts that includes conducting regular police operations in compo delgado without it. but at the valet they feel electric, they are thieves. who steal electrical wiring? bizarre, they break into homes, cut the power lines, remove the casing, and sell the metal will provide you a vote. one did it that we often arrest them to help the local police. i miss your bravo della 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. i've got everything. where are you from? from over there, from manguno dela up what are you transporting other oper, java. where did you get up when they thought it's not mine? the owner is over that with is that him, he's in can younger the by you said he's one of them. bring them all here. very good. no, anyway. 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 became home to one of the largest in the country. to day it houses, 16000 people have been there for oh, for a year. 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 and northern 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 has, i'm from up would by they live my family, they had to come here to support for my people with them because people and people that are suffering a lot with far from that she had a threat in the north. there is another mozambique that lives in peace

e at mozambique is connected to the mainland by a 3 kilometer long single lang 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 us, called a 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. abdul towers. 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 force of i 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 ensured that no army ever managed to take the iliad mozambique the island, gave the country. it's name this is it according to the history this morning meant a was important because it, it was very, very important to defend did the island was the mozambique foster was here as a dad he started say that was a big was born on the island. that's why these forties for me is important for the most important over the counter is very, very important to protect to this is i didn't for the future. inefficient still further south. we returned to berlin close with the french couple run the hotel, the edge of these glorious speeches. mm. we may too 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 it will, mice, 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. that's what i went very well . what do i do? it 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. my god, i know if we're gonna move soon enough, the, 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 shellfish a now start cleaning, insulting them according to their market. value ah, oysters are the most expensive muscles and clams are worth far less. again, am i? my scar don't bowl. not a mile of breath. yakima bell placed the leg i logged on the no self study. we're happy with our work every day with amanda and a leading are now need to be on their way in order to sell. they catch the lung close 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

oh wow. that's all we thought with. okay, article this evening. we have a 13 know 14 people for dinner or kill choir. so i'll take 40, thank wondering how long have we been doing business with each other, amazon or 4 or 5 years long? was that i'm right. you would just a little boy then or by go 5. yes, i remember this is supposed to say we're actually are from is 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 pool 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. this with his beginning when we started hearing with them about coming in 10 minutes,

i will come up with the signal is very strict. without bar guard, 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 roger's buffer car, there is 1600 employees here working to extract the local natural assets. so you can see this students so in between there is a rob is also, which is very robust. it's not an inside,

this joint is with dust once. and this, if you say this is a gravel road, so we're dec, lake ha, madera bowen, up with our below. so you take everything everything so that we should not miss anything in order not to overlook a single gemstone, nothing is left on turned 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 in the off brand know, for this is our for the blank. tons of earth, a washed here, 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. for that, it doesn't have any walkerson walkers. they sent me my father's office. yeah. already i think on the precious gems are locked away behind these armored secure. 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 edward from south africa comes in. his job is to oversee the classification of rupees, according to their quality, the size of a stone, it's shape. it's clarity and it's color. this is so kong is busier, kong, he's busy grading. i was our secondary product. okay. so this is been 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 covered custom with customs officials and everybody that comes together with him. we'll do i ins, fictions here. we'll get all the necessary approvals. and from there we'll, you know, we are export process will take place on this table. i don't, i couldn't tell you a device. are you a rude? that's difficult because everything's all over the place. no, no, there's not minutes. if not,

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 car, the chief engineer, all the hard work at the mine has more than paid off or brought starting. grandma explorer is on my knee than processing than salt water. and then finally, visit the border for all we are going for this and we're getting, this is very satisfying it. and everyone who is what it is i've been i've, i lose i've. if i am happy and excited, the person is a motorcycle revolving mother is gary in my in the last 10 years, the minds british owner, jim feels his sold over 500000000 euros with of rubies all over the world of

fortune that is tainted with a contentious reputation in mozambique some people call them blood rubies. the want to prove, 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 queues of violent attacks and even murder in 2019 the company agreed to pay nearly 7000000 euros to avert a class action lawsuit. today the mind is trying to rehabilitate its image among

local people prior lead. 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, really, really? i shall we move to long. you'll rubies great. that the mine is here. they are the ones who are helping us. they provide us with fertilizers, you chemicals, and also tractors. oh, to live. so without that, everything comes from the ruby mine. so we think it's really dirty. some rules both. there are 7 villages located on the licensed mining area with various initiatives. the company is making 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 on the one if you this will is you can find when you little minus one is info or definitely legal mining is one of already she, yes it was for us when we find them all say we are one of the wrong signatories all fall, replace it. so you got that is the charter 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 illegal prospectors, a few kilometers from the mine. they did away on the company's land. despite the ban. a lot people

were off to walk to dig by. so early 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 scouted out on the edges of this pool. mm hm. 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 back with it's really difficult. you can use up 203040 or even a 100 bags and end up with nothing. once the group has filled the 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 a ruby that quick hurry up with the biased cheetos. soon we don't know the prices. i mean, how much is a gram we don't know, i'm so we accept the price, they give us a better than we say and today to, they're very wary at the company security guards, they cannot afford to be quarterly. so you don't, 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. so i was a bit of them were afraid where paul, even if we go to the mining company, they don't give us work with,

that's why we're forced deal with. but if it was available by them, 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 gold. see, 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 barely gets its haines to really negative and brucell picture of mozambique, but that's not what the country is like. it's a real shame measure. it was the it, 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. since the conflict with sebastian, just over a year ago, the main russian attack on ukraine was launched from bella rose composition of skill survives there, even though it's lisa is in exxon with you. amy, she's for planner to come with guys with her on roofing for ukrainian victory,

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