Exclusive video: South Sudan, a cursed land
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Published 2017-12-15
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For the past four years South Sudan has been torn apart by civil war – and the situation in the country is desperate. Famine rages across all conflict zones and the first victims are often displaced people. As battles are lost on the ground, families are forced to leave everything behind to try to survive. FRANCE 24 reporters Charles Emptaz and Olivier Jobard spoke to people in the eastern rebel-held Jonglei region as government troops led an offensive to take the regional capital of Waat.
In South Sudan, the rebels are desperately waiting for rain. The rainy season is coming soon, which should stop the advance of government tanks and troops who have taken control of Waat, the regional capital. The battle has led to an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians from the Nuer ethnic group, the main supporters of the rebels.
►► Report: 'South Sudan sinks deeper into civil war and famine'
Our reporters spoke to people in the east of the country in the state of Jonglei, around 10 kilometres from the front line.
►► Report: 'A rare look at both sides of the civil war in South Sudan'
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All Comments (21)
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Meanwhile myself and people people who live in places like America complain about problems. Seeing the lady give birth on the run touched my heart, what a resilience!!!
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17:16 THE POWER OF A WOMAN! Watch her get up and casually walks back with her new born baby. And those untrained nurses wow. Blessed
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This title drew me to this video. I don't like what is going on in South Sudan, but it is inhuman to call a country with people like you a cursed land. Some people even got the guts to approved what he/she said. Every country has gone through a lot in order to have a privilege of calling other countries cursed.
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This so sad especially for the elderly and the children. I hope this sadness comes to end pretty soon .
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I'm Nuer,im victim of that conflicts my dad was murder💔😢,my uncle was shot his leg broken and I service with my mother and sisters!!, I'm now living in Italy Napoli 🇮🇹
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It's all about character and attitude,if u ever known a south sudanee personally u will find out they are short tempered, angered easily and quick to start a fight.Some of these simple things can decide a persons future
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All those flies would drive me insane!! I have never seen that many flies settling all over those people.
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Disheartening, but also a testament to the human spirit.
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I hope these people find peace.
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That birth which should have been joyous was overshadowed by despair 😩
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Sudanese are emotional people. They will fight each other for simple things like who sits by the window. The emotions like short temper also create blood feuds that last long time and don't end well. I pray for Sudan they can find peace.
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A cursed land hunger , scarcity of food , war , and famine , South Sudan a nation with unimaginable tales of horror and suffering.
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I pray for peace in South sudan
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Incredible humanity.
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perhaps use captions next time instead of a voice over because some of us speak the Nuer language and your translation is very off
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Thank you, Great Spirit.
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HELL NO🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 NO COUNTRY ON EARTH IS CURSED,THEREFORE STOP BUTTING WITH UNHELPFUL TITLES . MAY THE HOLINESS OF LOVE,PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING COMES TO THIS LAND,AMEN👏👏👏
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It's so painful watching this. These are my people ..
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Thank for sharing this documentary due that, the responsable leaders must be hold accountatble for theirs crime againts innoncent civillians.
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I pray to God set my country free from all this inhuman in Jesus name, peace upon South Sudan,
