Saving South Sudan - Part 2/3
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Late last year, South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, accused his former vice president, Riek Machar, of attempting a coup d'état amid accusations of rampant corruption within the government. Infighting immediately broke out within the presidential guard, sparking what has now become a brutal tribal and civil war that has pitted Machar's ethnic Nuer loyalists against the majority Dinka, who have sided with Kiir. Machar narrowly escaped assassination, fleeing to the deep bush as Kiir's troops razed his home and killed his bodyguards. And now the world's newest sovereign nation is in imminent danger of becoming a failed state.
In February, journalists and filmmakers Robert Young Pelton and Tim Freccia set out on a grueling mission to locate Machar in his secret hideout in Akobo and get his side of the story. Accompanying was Machot Lat Thiep, a former child soldier and Lost Boy who had advised on South Sudan's constitution and now works as a manager of a Costco in Seattle. Machot acted as a guide of sorts, arranging Pelton and Freccia's rendezvous with Machar through a series of endless satellite-phone calls to old contacts and rebel platoons, who would eventually guide the group to the deposed vice president.
After spending a couple days with Machar, he granted Pelton and Freccia unprecedented access to the front lines of a battle in Malakal, where for the first time in history the pair documented the heretofore mythical White Army as they looted, murdered, and pillaged their way to some twisted interpretation of "victory."
Saving South Sudan is a multi-platform exploration of the horrors of the country's newest civil war. We devoted an entire issue of the magazine to Robert Young Pelton and Tim Freccia's sprawling 35,000-plus word epic exploration of the crisis in South Sudan. It's a companion piece of sorts; watch the documentary and read the issue or vice versa. But you won't get a full scope of the situation without doing both.
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I'm a 17 year old refugee from south sudan. I came to this country when I was 4. So i don't have many fond memories of home. Or any for that matter. But this really does warm my heart. It's great to see the world take notice of a horrible crisis
as did I
I really like your reports from all over the world!
Keep it up, it's really great!
The ending of this video is expressive
I love that answer haha. He finds out the US trained the rebel leaders and all the general does is smile and just say "here we are" hahahah
10:25-10:45 Say no more
Here we are
Like it how he says here we are, like the shit didn't happen.
But 1st group is trained to fight and survive in Asia, not in the hot climate of South Sudan. 3rd or 5th group is more like to train him, that makes no sense that 1st group trained him.
What part of Detroit is this?
Lol
LMAO!!!!!
The stupidity of this comment on such a serious video is ridiculous 🙄 how about you contribute something positive.
You know it’s not Detroit. How on earth does Sudan relate to Detroit & how it this even funny coz it’s not. If you are trying to bring humour you failed.
Robert Young Pelton is a great journalist. Thanks for posting this.
I like Robert Pelton. His experience is a welcome addition to your reporting expertise, Vice.
Keep it coming. Viva La Vice!
This made me appreciate the life I was given.
I know Vice usually tries to appear to a younger crowd, but I thought this reporter was great. Great voice for narration, and he seems honest, unbiased, and brave. Great reporter.
epic ending, this is vice.
Tried watching part 3 on the vice website. But, like everything I've tried to watch on there it's just too slow. Have to pause to let it buffer 15 times to get half way through a video. I'll just wait until it's on youtube.
Here we are
where's part 1/3?!!!
The guy in the first clip had tons of swag not gonna lie
I wish a lot of these countries in Africa would stop all of these civil wars. I know its more complicated than it seems, but seeing countries flail is discouraging.
Id always try to wonder where the charity money had gone, only things i see is weapons, no schools : /
Your day to day lifestyle indirectly funds these civil wars and massacres.
Zara Hurriye sadly enough, thats the truth,,
That intro could not have been any better.
Dat swamp.
08:00 Red Lakers Jersey?? With No # On It???
Where the hell do they get their weapons from? What kind of monster would supply them with weapons knowing the atrocities that are happening. I really do believe money is the root of all evil..
Your that monster. The lifestyle which Westerners lead pay for the weapons and killings of people in the 3rd world countries. To buy your phone, some of that money went to militia's in Congo. To buy chocolate, some of your money went to child-slave owners in the Ivory Coast. To buy tea, some of your money went to Sri Lankan thugs. Etc
No steam here :(
That guy at the beginning is my brother Josh ridin out.
Mad dace skills
The dude in the intro is trippin balls
We have a South Sudanese based talk show here in diaspora called The Ladies of Sosa (South Sudan) Roundtable. If you can, please take the time to check us out and tell us what you think.
Damn these dudes are hella dark
Not accusing anybody btw
these people are hardned by war.they look emotionless.i truly hope they can find peace in that country.its been too long with ongoing conflict after conflict its all they know,war,death,famine and we complain so much some of us in our daily life and all u have to do is watch this to realize maybe your life aint that bad after all. :/
if someone says stop recording, then stop recording
Do wars in Africa ever stop?
No, i don't think so.
Many wars would have stopped had it not been foreign influence further diving the continent. Foreign influence has made this a lot worse.
What are the lumps or patterns around his mouth or beard (the black guy from Sudan who works in Costco)? Is it a disease or scarring or something? I saw someone else in Part 3 with the same odd patterns on their face. And there are weird lines that look almost like they were carved into his forehead?!
magicaljesuslion Yeah, I'm Irish so that kind of thing is completely and totally unheard of over here. I personally think it's really weird and looks like a nasty disease.
Alec MácCnáimhín Good for you.
Alec, all you have to do is Google indigenous tribal scaring and body altercations- have you really never seen them before?
Alec MácCnáimhín Yeah Ireland has the Glasgow smile, much better looking.
This is a joke (Edited in as I don't want a backlash)
And yes I know Glasgow is in Scotland and not Ireland.
The Dinka and Nuer have different symbols on grown men's faces so that they can tell apart from one tribe to another(:
shit is messed up!!
If we weren't so fucking greedy we could all live economically the same
plot twist end
Without a bunch of random troll answers from online assholes Im curious as to what the lines on the head and forehead of the man who traveled back with them are or are from.??? Also great documentary reminded me of the old vice that I loved because im not a huge fan of the new hbo/vice
Bashir should annex S.Sudan again.
Nothin' to blame on him for not liking fish im not a fish guy either
It seems as if the Americans will teach anything to anyone fighting for a cause
They are carved alec like every tribe has their own thing... Like naturo ;)
(All cramming rancid looking catfish into their mouth by hand) "You don't like fish?" "Nahhh......"
CTFxC ftw
*Dafuq 'Merica*
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75 th
1st
Give this boy a medal!
Nobody cares. Go fuck yourself.
Oh look, the US again. Ha
Far Cry 2
Its like Skyrim with guns.
this is real life shitheads people die here..gameboy kids
ALGHOTTE
Thank you.
Skyrim isn't on Gameboy... At least no to my knowledge.
Salmonella Fitzgerald I believe you meant "not to my knowledge." The point of the statement was that you are trivializing death, famine and rape by comparing it to a video game. Don't.
I really want to see the day when the people turn their backs and laugh at all this generalls, politicians and corporations crying out fight for "freedom,god,etc"