Poisoned flood: South Sudan life at 50°C

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A historic trial is underway in Sweden. Two European executives of a Swedish oil company are accused of aiding and abetting war crimes in South Sudan. George Tai, whose family was killed in the so-called “oil wars”, hopes the case will set a legal precedent. BBC Eye investigates the legacy of oil in South Sudan: from violence to pollution and asks who should be held responsible?

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0:00.0	My name is Joy Tai. I'm Porte. I'm a Yumae lawyer from South Sudan.
0:10.2	What I'm about to share with you now is my story. It is also a story about oil and how it has changed our land in more than one way.
0:20.6	This is a story that spans decades and continents, from Africa to Europe.
0:27.8	Two former executives at a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm.
0:32.4	They are accused of complicity in war crimes committed by Sudan's regime between 1999 and 2003.
0:38.7	The investigation itself has went on for over 10 years.
0:43.8	And it involved hundreds of interviews being conducted by the Swedish war crimes police and prosecution.
0:49.5	The prosecution's investigative report alone is over 80,000 pages.
0:56.2	It's about blood and oil and who should be held responsible.
1:00.9	I'm Stephanie Stafford, and this is Poisoned Flood,
1:04.0	a Life of 50 investigation for the documentary on the BBC World Service.
1:09.1	To understand this story, George's story, I need to take you back to the 1980s, to where
1:15.3	he grew up in what is now Unity State in the northern part of South Sudan.
1:20.1	A green area surrounded by swamps and trays and vegetation, 30-seber green.
1:27.9	During dry season, you dry the cow to the creating areas along the river Nile.
1:35.2	In the wet season, you see the area is green because grass is coming out.
1:41.3	People are cultivating.
1:43.4	It was beautiful.
1:45.6	But below the fertile flood plains
1:47.5	was something others wanted, oil.
1:51.7	My bill is called there.
1:53.1	That's how it is known.
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