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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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  • @Joshjames1234
    @Joshjames1234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1987

    This guy needs to narrate more videos. His voice is very calming and helps make his travel stories so engaging!

    • @dhansring8959
      @dhansring8959 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joshjames1234 oh yeah they can shoot and laugh too.. Great

    • @raecharles8648
      @raecharles8648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joshjames1234 you'd love RYP's TV show World's Most Dangerous Places

    • @mountplusBladeequals
      @mountplusBladeequals 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The man's a legend, you might recognize his products from his trademark laughing skull glyph, or even his extensive line of survival knives. As Rachael Pointed out, he had his own TV show for a bit (which as you can probably tell from this comparably short video, was like HBO dialed to 11), and he also wrote 'the' guidebook for navigating the world's hot spots. He's the most American American to ever be born in Canada.

    • @eirinizoumpaki2783
      @eirinizoumpaki2783 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joshjames1234 ζα.

    • @Scoring57
      @Scoring57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joshjames1234
      He seemed like a bit of an asshole with how he interacted with some of the people

  • @nueridoll1002
    @nueridoll1002 8 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    My family died in this war so when I was watching this I was crying #selvakiirmustgo

  • @HandleMyBallsYouTube
    @HandleMyBallsYouTube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    >Oil
    >US special forces teaching local leaders how to fight
    I feel like I've seen this before.

    • @ilovecookies2532
      @ilovecookies2532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      MyNameIsMud
      Shut up, not every war is because of America, the war started before America knew it's even a country.

    • @ilovecookies2532
      @ilovecookies2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Harley
      No that's true!

    • @zaxchannelproject
      @zaxchannelproject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some troll who has trolled you I know this is bait

    • @fe7264
      @fe7264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ilovecookies2532 - Are you kidding me? America created South Sudan. As you heard, war intensified after america finished mapping out the oil in the late 70s early 80's. As John Kerry, Sec State at the time, said, 'America midwifed the birth of South Sudan'.

    • @tylercobler7796
      @tylercobler7796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean when a country finds oil its free gake for them to do the civilized thing and capitalize on it but Africa has the WORST leaders in the world so I assume the country will never fix itself.

  • @Grox44
    @Grox44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    This is so depressing. But I'm glad we have someone to cover and spread the news about what is going on there. Those people need help.

    • @Aeraleach
      @Aeraleach 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Grox44 how do you want to help these people?

    • @americanreaper3760
      @americanreaper3760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Grox44 nope. They'll just call us evil colonizers.

    • @raythelljordan6550
      @raythelljordan6550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Grox44... fuck Africa. Why should our young soldiers die for these people? Let them live how they want to. They had since the beginning of civilization to build their own country. They are living exactly how they want

    • @raythelljordan6550
      @raythelljordan6550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mr. Macedon ..exactly ! Why get involved? Its useless

    • @ayaneotsukmiski6892
      @ayaneotsukmiski6892 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a Sudanese person you'll go to hell on my soul Allah is will punish the evil.

  • @manager6904
    @manager6904 7 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    You gotta give this guys Credit for going somewhere fucked up like that. They got balls that guy should get a raise

    • @stonaraptor8196
      @stonaraptor8196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why would any one want to visit such a shithole ? I mean these people throughout history have proven again and again that they are not able to build a decent civilization. They havent built one ancient city that is still standing. Do you know how old Paris or London is?
      Na man, he is stupid to risk his life in this country and lucky that he didnt cath anything. A friend of mine went to africa on holidays this winter, i told him dont go. No he is in a coma because of fucking malaria.

    • @sothasil6605
      @sothasil6605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stona Raptor Civilization is only a combination of factors...

    • @Blackowl44
      @Blackowl44 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stona Raptor these ppl had greater civilization than the white man could make shit if the white man didn't steal resources and knowledge they wouldn't be shit.

    • @zalebsmom
      @zalebsmom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You say that until you watch the liberia one

    • @FallenSky925
      @FallenSky925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stona Raptor tell me how old is London or Paris. Human life began in Africa, your statement provide nothing but brainless racism lmao.

  • @superawesomeboy
    @superawesomeboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    If this documentary didn't make you sad enough, just read some of the comments.

    • @dammitthatguy3107
      @dammitthatguy3107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pyramid Builder Jr. You're a perfect example

  • @MaartenvanRossemLezingen
    @MaartenvanRossemLezingen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Nice truck."
    "We killed the owner."
    ._.

  • @cohle125
    @cohle125 7 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    damn, vice this is real journalism no like the bs you see on mainstream media

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nile1208 exactly. the news is almost all lies anyway.

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      nile1208 thats why i dont watch it anymore

    • @ryancasey4038
      @ryancasey4038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Vice is without question my favorite news outlet, by a long shot. It's decently unbiased, covers actual issues and not what new stupid thing some politician has said, and they're pretty thorough in their research. They're just an all around good company.

    • @christielham4177
      @christielham4177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      shame that's all going to waste with the shitty fake bs they're releasing now

    • @whhe11
      @whhe11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christiel Ham Bigly wrong.

  • @cholakuany8040
    @cholakuany8040 8 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Greed has destroyed my country.....

    • @herrredbaron8961
      @herrredbaron8961 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Soon there will be peace hopefully :)

    • @s871-c1q
      @s871-c1q 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You will win and I hope the West has more than just a military plan.

    • @mrmacedon
      @mrmacedon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chol Akuany maaaan and i thought my country was bad, i consider myself lucky now lol

    • @allegedcombustion9014
      @allegedcombustion9014 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      How the fuck are you talking to us

    • @Akech101
      @Akech101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alleged Combustion We have internet bitch

  • @whosdatidk5295
    @whosdatidk5295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    "Nice Truck"
    "Yeah...."
    "*We killed the owner*"

  • @GoodTimeSaddam
    @GoodTimeSaddam 10 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    Africa Reminds me a lot of medieval Europe, Constant power vacuums, constant civil wars, famines, pestilence, ect.

    • @sothasil6605
      @sothasil6605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Ty Decastro Africa reminds me of the entire world...

    • @sapoetra6180
      @sapoetra6180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      This reminds me of my country indonesia in 60's, US always have part of all event

    • @k1ngkeem307
      @k1ngkeem307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      That’s because they haven’t recovered from the rape of the continent by Europeans. Took the resources, destabilized all the countries, and left them at war with each other

    • @starsfalldown1234567
      @starsfalldown1234567 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Thank god i was not born in africa

    • @MONIXDUTCH
      @MONIXDUTCH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FlowerPower123 . BUT YOUR ASS WAS BORN A WOMEN!!! #SHAMEONYOU MOVEMENT.

  • @zak.886
    @zak.886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i know south sudanese people they are nice we always had a sense of connection love to south sudan from a somali i hope the country gets better

  • @georgecostanza870
    @georgecostanza870 9 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    This is the unfortunate reality about why so many African nations are caught in tremendous strife. It's a state of constant instability as one power-hungry leader or group tries to wage war for personal gain and valuable resources, and the people are always having to rebuild their lives because of these conflicts.
    It saddens me because I was elated for South Sudan when they gained independence and hoped that they could have a unified country free from Northern oppression and corruption. Now it seems that nothing has changed except the corrupt officials in power.
    God bless South Sudan and all of its African neighbors.

    • @RonnieOtieno
      @RonnieOtieno 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      George Costanza talk of South Sudan

    • @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
      @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Costanza the Costco guy kind of looked like Sugar Ray Leonard, c'mon, he really does, I bet he hears that all the time.

    • @tomg5187
      @tomg5187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The few will always tend to the needs of the few, not the many, greed will always exist. Thanks for your thoughtful comment!

    • @mawazoselemani614
      @mawazoselemani614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Costanza ..tribelistic is a problem of all african...

    • @damomand
      @damomand 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      sonnegates 1654 always blaming someone else. Why don’t you take responsibility of your own actions instead of blaming or deflecting?

  • @bahaooyadav9799
    @bahaooyadav9799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love all south Sudan and hope South Sudan people will work united and work together to prosper this beautiful Nation.

  • @ricardoloccsta113
    @ricardoloccsta113 9 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    lol nice car , the guy responds yeah we killed the owner aha

    • @charlesbukenya2054
      @charlesbukenya2054 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      This is the craziest thing I ever heard. Lol

    • @sjappiyah4071
      @sjappiyah4071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Lmao he had no remorse either loool savage

    • @Yassinekamp
      @Yassinekamp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Total savage. I hope someone killed him in return and took the car.

    • @soto9708
      @soto9708 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      idk man when people live a certain way for a long time they become desensitized

    • @Scoring57
      @Scoring57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ibn Muhammad
      You sound like a total racist choosing to use that term.

  • @zglg123
    @zglg123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    God, I wish I could work somewhere where my manager had such badass tribal marks as the Nuer Costco manager

    • @AlanmanAaron
      @AlanmanAaron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      those are pretty sweet facial markings aren't they.

    • @kevinmi362
      @kevinmi362 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BRANDON DAVIS how do you know hes Dinken?

    • @bensinneruggamer
      @bensinneruggamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lines on the fore head is a ritual to man hood for northen uganda lugubala and south sudan dinka

    • @johnporyem4797
      @johnporyem4797 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Musana Benjamin y’all dont know research before talking

    • @bensinneruggamer
      @bensinneruggamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johnporyem4797 fool thats where i come from ....i dont need to read it on wiki when i live,play and go to school with them

  • @doodydoody7145
    @doodydoody7145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Machot seems to love his people unconditionally. I respect that.

  • @emu326
    @emu326 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is why VICE is the number one media company of this generation

  • @luckilew
    @luckilew 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It's a sad feeling knowing you've grown past your own people

  • @Nerflover10097
    @Nerflover10097 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It's a shame that this area is crippled by war because everyone has amazing smiles.

  • @jaylm4112
    @jaylm4112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    At the end when they were about to leave.. machet looked so sad and like he was about to cry as he sat there in that quick clip next to Robert.
    Towards the end I mean.. and that little 2 seconds.. broke my heart

  • @houdalol838
    @houdalol838 8 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    we have to use education as a weapon to fight all this violence !!

    • @letsif
      @letsif 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Those leaders are educated in the US.

    • @dothedeed
      @dothedeed 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      22:57

    • @tsepolesibe2115
      @tsepolesibe2115 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's exactly what i'm thinking

    • @maximedubrule9264
      @maximedubrule9264 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's the only way to solve this terror. perpetrating war and violence, even if backed by good intentions will never achieve anything and will always be destructive.

    • @nibras5503
      @nibras5503 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      as long as the people are still starvng, basic education will never be established...

  • @fuzzydunlop7928
    @fuzzydunlop7928 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was a very good doc.Really intimate for a Vice documentary. You can tell this was very personal for the team.

  • @federubio2519
    @federubio2519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for shedding light onto this story, you are truly representatives of quality journalism, which is rare nowadays. You show the real problems of the world, and you do so objectively and thoroughly.

  • @ZenMasterZeb
    @ZenMasterZeb 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Holy shit! I remember Machot from Costco! He was only a bag boy last time I saw hi, great to hear he's a manager now. I never knew his backstory. Great guy.

  • @ridolfochongvaldes
    @ridolfochongvaldes 10 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    I just feel bad watching all this in the comfort of my home, so unfair that i was born in a nice place and they were born in a shit place, i know im a lucky guy and i appreciate my life it just makes me wonder....

    • @bostonspencer2979
      @bostonspencer2979 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex is a Troll who cares what he thinks and i am with you on that one Thresh even tho its 3 years later.

    • @derpphil5400
      @derpphil5400 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No...Alex is a nihilist.

    • @Dg-rc6xu
      @Dg-rc6xu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you believe in reincarnation they deserve it/picked this life

    • @mawazoselemani614
      @mawazoselemani614 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thresh just wants a hug ...is not your fault!

    • @Scoring57
      @Scoring57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thresh just wants a hug
      Sort of sounds like you're gloating and crapping on them more than really giving a shit

  • @stagger9660
    @stagger9660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    holy fuck. if this isnt living on the edge then i dont know what is.

  • @robsimmons5390
    @robsimmons5390 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Africa has a massive amount of potential yet lack of educated people continue to haunt the continent. The rich who receive adequate education end up leaving to become doctors and such in Europe and the Americas because there is no way to make money in their native land. A proper educational system would completely change Africa. The money is there to build it, but corrupt politicians keep the money amongst themselves and it never is seen by the people. Everyone is commenting saying religion is causing this violence and while that is part of the problem it is not the sole reason. If people actually understood their religion they wouldn't go around killing people just because they're not of the same set of beliefs. That goes back to being uneducated. They don't actually know what they believe in, they just think they need to rid of anyone who isn't the same because someone of higher social ranking says so. They're vulnerable and will do anything in an attempt to please superiors so they can rise up the ranks in these militias, because that's the only way to become successful in life it seems. Without an education there is almost nothing else they can do. It's nearly impossible to get a good job in America without even a college degree, let alone not even having a basic primary schooling education. Africa has everything they need at their disposal (resources, people, land, etc.) and can fix itself without the help of foreign governments, they just need to use the right tools. That tool is education.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know the corrupt politicians that run Africa are also well-educated, right?

  • @mariosworld4948
    @mariosworld4948 9 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    I guess the British and French drawing lines on a map didn't turn out so well, eh?

    • @Omer698
      @Omer698 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ***** But you got all the oil now? why are you still butchering each other?

    • @wanghaifeng7998
      @wanghaifeng7998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Mario's World If it wasn't them drawing lines there would still be wars fought over territory from the local tribes anyway. It's natural selection.

    • @paul5899
      @paul5899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Never the country that is fighting fault - always Europe. So is it beyond the wit of these countries to draw new lines and not kill each other?

    • @mikejones638
      @mikejones638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yep, created a lot of unnecessary strife all over the continent. People that had no historical or cultural affiliations were forced into contraptions that left them at odds, while external forces did all they could to maintain these countries, usually by supporting one side or the other. Ultimately, the Africans have to sort themselves out. The organic evolution of country/states with willing members has to occur, sometimes painfully and slowly.

    • @Ebby-lu3cy
      @Ebby-lu3cy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And no one has ever had the sense since colonialism ended to redraw borders...especially since there’s a civil war every 15 minutes. I’m sure before these borders were drawn no tribes ever warred w each other...nothing but peace & harmony u til evil whitey came, right?
      Colonialism, bad. Blaming something already obsolete, useless & futile.

  • @BiGGCaiN24
    @BiGGCaiN24 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another classic great in-depth doc by VICE

  • @Ragnarblackmane12
    @Ragnarblackmane12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I feel bad for Machot. I hope he finds a way to help South Sudan.

  • @georger.rmartinhat9366
    @georger.rmartinhat9366 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I get they need to subtitle some of the speakers with heavy accent but do you really need to subtitle the guy that lived in US for 18 years , manages a costco and speaks perfect english?

    • @mcgruff157
      @mcgruff157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But he doesn't speak perfect english.

    • @zak.886
      @zak.886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mcgruff157 its very close to perfect English

    • @they_call_me_naren
      @they_call_me_naren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Everything should be subtitled for us english speakers for whom it is a second language

    • @seema6997
      @seema6997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who cares

    • @W4rM4chine82
      @W4rM4chine82 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most of the locals spoke better English than the manager

  • @richierich890
    @richierich890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Honestly as Southern Sudanese I love my mom, I like how every time she pronounces "attitude!"

  • @JayJay-lr5wm
    @JayJay-lr5wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People are all smiles one moment, the next moment they shoot, May God save my fellow people, sad.

    • @JayJay-lr5wm
      @JayJay-lr5wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LK-ho1dg No, Namibian. Southern Africa

    • @JayJay-lr5wm
      @JayJay-lr5wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LK-ho1dg Sure we are, our countries need more of East African and Central African refugees, at least our region is stable and peaceful,

  • @hollyclark4518
    @hollyclark4518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is a very well made documentary.
    I feel it should have an age restriction or content warning though.
    Please continue to make these videos. We need true journalism

  • @Mommyandtux
    @Mommyandtux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    February 2020 and this conflict is still ongoing...
    Currently a total of 380,000+ casualties. 190,000 from war violence, and another 193,000 from war-related causes.
    The West really seriously needs to start monitoring and helping settle these horrible conflicts going on all around sub-Saharan Africa.
    Africa has such potential.... The birthplace of Man.
    God bless Africa

    • @paultheviewer
      @paultheviewer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why is this the Wests problem or responsibility? Get for real dude.

    • @pipipupu5104
      @pipipupu5104 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@paultheviewer the West especially Europeans colonized this country made sure that people in South Sudan become Christians. USA fully supported the secession in South Sudan can't you hear the doctor nuer in charge of the rebels were trained and recruited by the Americans.

  • @kenzie1256
    @kenzie1256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel so so sad for Machot(?). He seemed so happy on the journey there, all excited to return to his homeland. But then by the end, I could just feel his despair. It was just really upsetting to see that difference.

  • @brandonkostinsky2373
    @brandonkostinsky2373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “Who taught you strategy & tatics”
    “During the liberation struggle, I went thru... First Group”
    “So the US taught you strategy & tactics...”
    “Here we are”
    How does nobody see that as one of the most powerful things in this documentary

    • @tayepop
      @tayepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm saying, how can you miss that?💀

    • @williamthebonquerer9181
      @williamthebonquerer9181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supporting south Sudan independence is good

  • @sprayk9044
    @sprayk9044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice juxtaposition of Dr. Riek's calm and thoughtful speech to the violence and chaos his forces bring

  • @nwhy406
    @nwhy406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Some old apartments I lived in, in Georgia housed some of the lost boys. They were some of the coolest, sweetest guys. My sister and I still laugh about one incident with one of them. I guess he (Abraham) had never had Starbust before. My sister gave him one, and he ate the entire thing, wrapper and all😂. It was so cool watching them learn new things.

    • @thatguy22441
      @thatguy22441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Read about a group of people known as the Janjaweed. They're Arab slavers from the north of Sudan who captured Dinka tribesmen and sold them in open slave markets. When I was in the Army, our battalion was being considered for a deployment there. I'd already deployed to Iraq twice (to fight a war I didn't agree with), and looked forward to deploying to Sudan and smoking some slavers (an operation I would have agreed with). No such luck, though. We were all looking forward to kicking ass for a good cause.

  • @saxonweed2846
    @saxonweed2846 8 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    The dude you just called a princess is a former child soldier correct?

    • @GrimYaeger
      @GrimYaeger 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      you said that backwards boy

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      They're good friends joking around

    • @Scoring57
      @Scoring57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      chaosXpert
      Throughout the whole thing he seemed more like an asshole to the former child soldier than a "good friend"

    • @xwhateva
      @xwhateva 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Definitely, he's glamorised the trauma of the former soldier's life. It's obvious, Machot is pissed off at the pampered white men reveling in his people's strife, for Machot when he goes home he'll be thinking about his people every day for his life, for the white guy he won't lose a wink of sleep over what he saw.

    • @HandleMyBallsYouTube
      @HandleMyBallsYouTube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Oh fuck off you racebaiting shithead. Why do you think these people are there? You fuckers should be grateful anyone in the civilized world still gives a shit. Those pampered white people you talk about have visited most of the conflict zones on this fucking planet, no shit they're not gonna lose sleep because if they did they'd kill themselves, you don't know jack shit so fuck off.

  • @stoneroses3493
    @stoneroses3493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    25:01 How horrifying. What a place. Makes you feel lucky to be from wherever you're from huh?

  • @siamkk5421
    @siamkk5421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a journalism, hats off, vice to be continue?

  • @shawncweed
    @shawncweed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Before I was an Airborne Ranger career soldier, I was a journalist...This was epic...well done...an important story well told.

    • @Postermaestro
      @Postermaestro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great angle to plug that you were an airborne ranger with capital letters, it was very relevant to your comment and this video

  • @namesashhousewares8337
    @namesashhousewares8337 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    the guy at 28:33 god damn. that's the face of war. he's so done

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      name's ash, housewares and you have the face of horror

    • @HassanAli-kx6tm
      @HassanAli-kx6tm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      name's ash, housewares he look's drunk

  • @GreatToastMigration
    @GreatToastMigration 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Whether you like Vice or not, you have to admit that the journalists have balls to go to places like this.

  • @WhoToldYouThatAtlanta
    @WhoToldYouThatAtlanta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Self extermination 😡 because if you live by the sword you die by the sword! This type of internal conflict never ends in peace 😢

  • @DutchMotos
    @DutchMotos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best reporter ever. Very calm and nice narration. Love this!

  • @betzybrethour334
    @betzybrethour334 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done 👍🏻 thank you for explaining the issues in Sudan 🇸🇩

  • @Richcor
    @Richcor 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never stops amazing me these reporters!!!
    Rsking their lives so we can see such privileged footage of the unfortunate events that roam this planet!

  • @fabulositybabe88
    @fabulositybabe88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watching this just makes me feel like there is no hope for S.Sudan. I mean after decades of war people still want to go to war again for revenge?
    So sad...

  • @puffpuffgreenstuff
    @puffpuffgreenstuff 10 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    What's the point of uploading parts then uploading the whole thing. Vice trying to milk that TH-cam ad revenue huh? Lol..

    • @Fernando-te4mm
      @Fernando-te4mm 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Part vídeos= more money

    • @cosmicWil
      @cosmicWil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      well you can actually see the whole thing from the beginning by going to there website. They are trying to make more money but thats how business works.

    • @TheRealRabbitTrix
      @TheRealRabbitTrix 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      You think cameras, travel and personnel come cheap?

    • @puffpuffgreenstuff
      @puffpuffgreenstuff 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rabbit Trix Yeah but those are sunk costs, and profit from ads dont go directly to filming this, as it was already filmed, numb nuts... its just vice being greedy capitalist fucks

    • @Gpalmer16
      @Gpalmer16 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your're full of pep. Must have had his grande latte enema...

  • @fargo7018
    @fargo7018 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have new found respect for Vice News journalist. To be able journey into the depths of he'll with no fear.

  • @christianhansen677
    @christianhansen677 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing reporting! in the age of clickbait and fake news, this is a breath of fresh air!

  • @marcrogue5268
    @marcrogue5268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Boy am I glad to live in the US, your darkest day over here is a walk in the park in South Sudan

    • @GabeThinks
      @GabeThinks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And yet here we are, a year after this comment was made, with a president who doesn't want to leave office, pestilence ravaging the land, rising tension between social groups, and *lots* of guns. Many steps away now seem like only a few degrees difference between the US of last year and a similar place as this.

    • @hukumbra
      @hukumbra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GabeThinks president who dont want to leave office? :D lmao newly elected president first week in already bombed country, gathered national guards to close down whole Washington, damm you dems are retarded. Literally dictatorship arrising but you dont care, double standards are strong with you hypocrites.

  • @aguyonearth9593
    @aguyonearth9593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Africa is absolutely beautiful and the people are just so amazing!
    Everywhere in the world has problems but unfortunately in some parts of Africa it seems like no one cares!
    God bless all you beautiful souls until I come again!!

    • @Papagiorgio153
      @Papagiorgio153 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @lochdogga
      @lochdogga 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What wonderful people! Maybe they might murder your for your vehicle as well :)

    • @kevind8188
      @kevind8188 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A guy On earth you were clearly high when you wrote that

  • @harrychoma2598
    @harrychoma2598 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Everytime i see these doccies i get reminded that south africa really isn't as bad as we belive it is.......it could obviously be better....but we got peace

    • @officialskelem9909
      @officialskelem9909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We have Zuma though...

    • @Senaleb
      @Senaleb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not anymore!

    • @Iron_Byte
      @Iron_Byte 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just wait few more years until most of the whites are gone - you’ll not think that any longer...

    • @israela7199
      @israela7199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jason Brat Parker places like Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya etc. are actually doing well without white interference. Don't know what you're on about

    • @israela7199
      @israela7199 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kris Fodor Tell me of ONE developing/developed non-white country in the world that doesn't have white minorities or foreign investment...that doesn't mean they run the country and are in charge of it's development. Your comment is dumb

  • @sebunyaernest1365
    @sebunyaernest1365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s a very good land am a Uganda now back to uganda but i still miss South Sudan i had felt in love with it those people are soo loving and trust worth

  • @drsinjaworkout4868
    @drsinjaworkout4868 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Secession was the worst step to take, I am from Kenya and sometimes you meet Sudanese along the streets of Nairobi and you shed tears.

    • @azron201
      @azron201 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I cant live without netflix and wifi

    • @Akech101
      @Akech101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Secession best thing ever 🇸🇸🇸🇸

  • @SupaL33tKillar
    @SupaL33tKillar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    and the saddest thing about the whole thing is that the common folks are those who are suffering the most.

  • @cattywool1
    @cattywool1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    i am a black man but i must say bad mind and selfishness as well as tribalism run deed in black people. With all the resource that Africa have it seem that the black man never learn from his mistake all i hear it is the European fault for from it. Most of Africa has wealth national wealth and because of corruption and bad mined attitude of Africa as well as the Caribbean political leaders these regions will continue to be poor and broken black people are their worst enemy, they keep electing people who they like or who are from their own tribe and not competent individuals that can get the job done, black people are too emotional and less logical.

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Byron Denninson 👍

    • @chekek
      @chekek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      don't laud it on blackness ffs!! that is an absolute fallacy, its just human nature to be greedy and selfish.

    • @raunamwiishi
      @raunamwiishi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      you have no idea about how much I agree with you on this .we blacks are too greedy to a point that you would rather see the resource go into the hands of foreigners than help your starving fellow people. Africa soo rich yet soo poor! its a shame

    • @WeAreCamels
      @WeAreCamels 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Byron Denninson It has nothing to do with being black. Almost all of Africas countries borders were created by Europeans without care to local populations. If it's borders were created more mindful of the locals or if they had just stayed out, Africa would have been better.

    • @wanghaifeng7998
      @wanghaifeng7998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Abdukahor Muzaffarzoda My country would be several warring states without any resources or capabilities of a competent nation if the colonials didn't unify us. We actually revere them. Plus they ended slavery.

  • @ymdunn
    @ymdunn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am sure the majority of the conflicts has to do with oil, but from what I see, there are people who want to be leaders and need to be worshipped. Very sad.

  • @creepinwhileyousleepin
    @creepinwhileyousleepin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gotta appreciate this kind of reporting, great work vice

  • @imluvinyourmum
    @imluvinyourmum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent journalist, this is Vice roots without all that new Buzzfeed bullsht

  • @Moonshinesfirstlove
    @Moonshinesfirstlove 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope I can one day visit my country.

  • @stronedog8459
    @stronedog8459 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I guess you could say 2 coup[e]s Makes a Sudan...

    • @ev8n
      @ev8n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You got that joke from Sam onela's academy, didn't you?

    • @DanielTorres-ee4pl
      @DanielTorres-ee4pl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Go home sam

  • @amar_sm4222
    @amar_sm4222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The escort guy was all smiles on the journey to Ss but as soon as he got there his smile faded away

  • @noah4494
    @noah4494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vice documentaries are amazing

  • @chrsfavel5506
    @chrsfavel5506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i agree this is a great narrator and quality job on news

  • @ashpassport
    @ashpassport 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    splitting Sudan to two parts was a big mistake

    • @thedotgamer9592
      @thedotgamer9592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ash osama I know I'm 3 years late, but it really wasn't, the Arab majority North was heavily oppressing the African majority South.

    • @raunamwiishi
      @raunamwiishi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I dont think that there was really much of a choice as North Arabic Sudan was prying on south Christian Sudan.

    • @shahatboy
      @shahatboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well now you're killing each...way to go..
      things dont get better in that part of the world..never do and never will

    • @Akech101
      @Akech101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ash osama Lies

    • @mustimon
      @mustimon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheDotGamer GD blacks are oppresed in the US. Its still better than genocide

  • @jonasga
    @jonasga 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Nuer versus Dinka, it's like York versus Lancaster from the 1400s. Africa is just 600 years behind the rest of the world.

    • @childrenoflessergods
      @childrenoflessergods 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Apparently not- Ukraine for one example.

    • @jonasga
      @jonasga 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yea, not sure when the last time violence on this scale happened in Ukraine for this long. I'd actually put my money on not in quite a few centuries. Ukraine saw some heavy defensive fighting in WWII, but it was mostly the German's fault and it was three years, not three hundred.

    • @ghaijal9085
      @ghaijal9085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's isn't the truth my dear

  • @TheAbhall
    @TheAbhall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Robert Young Pelton! Come Back Alive! Give this dude a channel already....

  • @leonardofierro9123
    @leonardofierro9123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just came off the Vice doc about mining in the Congo. Man, these are the Vice docs i want to see. More of this please!

  • @SheldonBeldon
    @SheldonBeldon 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow a real, professional, well-spoken actual journalist working for Vice. I'm surprised.

  • @ireviewshtuff
    @ireviewshtuff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Here we are."
    Damn.

  • @user-kd7kr1zu8x
    @user-kd7kr1zu8x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Africa is too tribal for traditional western democracy, you need a monarchy or dictatorship from the smallest minority that preserves everybody’s rights and safety and ensure somewhat of economic growth and a road to prosperity with medium to little corruption, once educated, the future generations will get over tribalism, it happened 1200 years ago in Europe and can happen there too. Best of luck to everybody!

    • @droidroot2273
      @droidroot2273 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah dictators like Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Sani Abacha, and Yahya Jammeh sure lead Africa to prosperity

    • @user-kd7kr1zu8x
      @user-kd7kr1zu8x 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's funny you mentioned that, maybe because half of the current African dictators came to power through elections at one point, while the rest had a coup against a former dictator that also came to power through elections. You see a pattern here?! cuz i do

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like Robert Mugabe? Isaias Afwerki? Jose Eduardo dos Santos? Joseph Kabila? Theodoro Obiang-Nguema? The post-Mandela ANC? Paul Biya?

    • @theodavis7517
      @theodavis7517 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mohamad Fay that’s actually correct.

    • @joshuatelford1200
      @joshuatelford1200 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A monarch or a leader that actually wants the people to be safe healthy and prosper.

  • @tbs242
    @tbs242 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    they could be so rich and powerful what a waste

    • @sirakshnash6327
      @sirakshnash6327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      please every body know the truth so long the western countries want to steal their sources nothing will change

    • @maarten9272
      @maarten9272 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Sirak Lata Those africans simply can't keep their own corruption under control.

    • @ocsc9055
      @ocsc9055 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same thing with the DRC and Venezuala.They have trillions of dollars worth of natural resources but there is just too much corruption.

    • @TayTay-fn6cx
      @TayTay-fn6cx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ocsc9055 Not corruption, just not enough educated people.

    • @spiralviper8158
      @spiralviper8158 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      rich and powerful = corruptability. i couldn't do it better, i know i'm corruptable and shouldn't go anywhere near a political or corporate career. best way i can help the world is to not be involved

  • @shaneshane3978
    @shaneshane3978 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Robert.

  • @alessandrofirmani700
    @alessandrofirmani700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vice is my to go to when i want to learn about the world, the team always gets in ther, huge respect to the reporters and the camera crew!

  • @painkiller346
    @painkiller346 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    maybe if people read a little bit of the ethnography accounts about the peoples of Sudan (the Evans-Pritchard books on Nuer people, for example) would understand that is not a matter of plain struggle for the oil but a long and complex ethnic conflict between the Nuer and the Dinka.

    • @HansPeter-mf4zk
      @HansPeter-mf4zk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But why are they are they enemies of each other? They seem to have quiet a similar culture

    • @karisonalikantona3883
      @karisonalikantona3883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hans Peter Someone’s brother stole someone’s cattle around 4/500 years ago

  • @joeblowmha
    @joeblowmha 10 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    a sneak preview of Detroit 2037

    • @Lalo6169
      @Lalo6169 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      joeblowmha haha why is this too funny 😂

    • @honestpenaldo
      @honestpenaldo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lalo rc This comment was 4 years ago

    • @trevorsmith2811
      @trevorsmith2811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck you detriot over everybody

    • @JanYi2023
      @JanYi2023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very conservative I would say more like 2025

    • @StillbornGravity
      @StillbornGravity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@trevorsmith2811 u cant even spell Detroit right, must of got your education there.

  • @Steve_1999
    @Steve_1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I haven't watched yet but what if the pilot doesn't come back for them... lol

  • @stefanklok8240
    @stefanklok8240 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know what? Despite everything that's happening, Africa is actually, geographically, quite a beautiful country.

  • @ImageCandy
    @ImageCandy 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the upload, well done documentary.

  • @becauseisaidso4142
    @becauseisaidso4142 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i thank god every day were i can pick my own food from the trees and not worry about shit....👏👏

  • @aidenhall8593
    @aidenhall8593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how the former lost boy guy didn't even flinch when people fired guns

  • @patrickmusyoka1384
    @patrickmusyoka1384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    as a kenyan, its hard to believe that all this shit is happening in our neighboring country

  • @diogenes7419
    @diogenes7419 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vice.. The only real news..

  • @Queenofdacastle
    @Queenofdacastle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved every moment of this including Mashot's tribal marks!!

  • @sanket4127
    @sanket4127 9 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Don't read the comments. It seems like you're on Stormfront forum.

    • @TheJackCoffee
      @TheJackCoffee 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      what happens on that forum?

    • @saxonweed2846
      @saxonweed2846 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +TheJackCoffee last I heard it was a white supremacist forum?

    • @TheOnlySaneAmerican
      @TheOnlySaneAmerican 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The truth is not racist.

    • @crow9149
      @crow9149 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mr_morse AA
      "They were common among royals"
      Key word here is "were".

  • @gregorymarkyoung534
    @gregorymarkyoung534 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    stone-age mentality with new age technology = Africa

    • @311fran311
      @311fran311 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gregory Mark Young ii

    • @mobb1108
      @mobb1108 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Islamic Nations = Stone-Age mentality with stone-age technology.

    • @kyledavis4202
      @kyledavis4202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gregory Mark Young Says the guy who likely has never set foot anywhere on the continent.

    • @arabatheist9557
      @arabatheist9557 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mobb lol then why is qatar the richest country on earth?

    • @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls
      @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arabatheist9557 lol because they have a tiny population and lots of resources... I don't agree with his comment, but yours doesn't make much sense either... all it takes is some really rich people when you have around a 250,000 person sample size....

  • @Reupload_Inc
    @Reupload_Inc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m Sudanese and I live in London now

  • @9desi9
    @9desi9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the subtitles in Portuguese!

  • @beingwise218
    @beingwise218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:33 thought he'd say "That is definitely not crackalackin" lmao

  • @mh240bravo
    @mh240bravo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    7:12 Lying down next to a deer leg like it's nothing.

    • @Automotivelife44
      @Automotivelife44 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +Michael Harkins when u so white u cant even tell that there are no deer in africa

    • @metalrodriguez5679
      @metalrodriguez5679 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +-_- ahmed -_- 😂😂😂

    • @africadoll7547
      @africadoll7547 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahmed Khalid I THOUGHT SO..

    • @BaibaVulgaris
      @BaibaVulgaris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Automotivelife44I'm white and I love that joke, lmao ahahaha

    • @vimalkumar6837
      @vimalkumar6837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Since when did deers started to live in Africa.

  • @xxxxxx-tq4mw
    @xxxxxx-tq4mw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Once in a position of power, they never help the people, only themselves.

  • @whackydduck5960
    @whackydduck5960 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    africa is so raw so beautiful .....but the curse of greed is ..........................

  • @edwardadam-ti7hl
    @edwardadam-ti7hl หลายเดือนก่อน

    this guy must narrate all videos his voice is very good, I can understand well

  • @GeraltinWoW
    @GeraltinWoW 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    After I read the magazine I knew I had to see this documentary. Very interesting stuff

  • @DMDMusicBrownsville
    @DMDMusicBrownsville 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    how is it these people have nothing but they have all these weapons? smh #Heartbreaking