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 spen