Poisoned flood: South Sudan life at 50°C

有毒洪水:南苏丹生活在 50°C 的高温下

The Documentary Podcast

社会与文化

2024-11-11

26 分钟
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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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  • My name is joy thay.

  • I'm 40.

  • I'm a human lawyer from South Sudan.

  • What I'm about to share with you now is my history.

  • It is also history about oil and how it has changed our land in more than one way.

  • This is a story that spans decades and continents, from Africa to Europe.

  • Two former executives at a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm.

  • They are accused of complicity in war crimes committed by Sudan's regime between 1999 and 2003.

  • The investigation itself has went on for over 10 years and it involved hundreds of interviews being conducted by the Swedish war crimes police and prosecution.

  • The prosecution's investigative report alone is over 80,000 pages.

  • It's about blood and oil and who should be held responsible.

  • I'm Stephanie Stafford and this is Poisoned Blood a Life at 50 investigation for the documentary on the BBC World Service.

  • To understand this story, George's story, I need to take you back to the 1980s, to where he grew up in what is now Unity State in the northern part of South Sudan.

  • A green area surrounded by swamps and trees and vegetation.

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  • During dry season, you dry the cow to the grazing areas along the River Nile.