the civil war ended when laurent gbagbo was captured in april of 2011. but armed militias linger and sporadic fighting still occurs to this day. in the country's western region, inter-communal violence divided villages and destroyed some 18,000 homes. far from the reach of the central government, villagers in the west have been left to mend rifts on their own. i followed selay to this still tense region, where once bitter rivals are uniting around a common need: water. >> water is a very important resources in the village. people usually meet at the water points. it is where people meet to share news, to just speak with others. >> reporter: the conflict divided many villages along ethnic lines, which led to broken and blocked water points. >> ( translated ): before the war the water pump was repaired and working and the water was here. since the war, the population fled and everything was abandoned and so today we still need to have access to water. >> ( translated ): we were hiding in the bush and we were drinking dirty water. when we returned, some of