A warlord may be a mother’s only hope to find her missing children in South Sudan. WATCH NEXT: South Sudan Is Collapsing Thanks to Corruption Over Oil - ruclips.net/video/qi37th_N3Ck/видео.html
@vice news is their going to be a follow up video or where the reporters do their magic by however and convince someone to go on the journey to get her kids back
@Spicy Dunk Leaders shouldn't make sure their people have anything. A good leader makes sure their people can acquire assets on their own... A government shouldn't be act as a parent. That mentality actually perpetuates poverty
Dispreet Dhillon, it’s natural. A very few amount of people decide to have sex to make babies in our day and age, but rather to have fun in a recreational activity. Do you really think the parents are jumping up and down all excited about having a kid? No. Because it’s called unplanned pregnancy and they’re aware of the financial burden the child will inflict. Sadly, abortions are generally inaccessible in those impoverished areas, which is why you see these sad stories occurring, not because the parents want to cause pain and suffering to themselves and their children.
I think he didn’t mean it in a bad way (hopefully) I understood that since the kids are sold, they now have owners so they need to return them to their actual “owners” (the parents). I don’t know if that makes sense. But yes, I hope it was just a language barrier.
"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
nothing about this is modern, this has existed for thousands of years maybe even longer, abduction of children/adults for labour / other things is not new
I've met a girl from South Sudan. I asked her if she were worried about her family left behind there. She said, "no. they were terrible people. they were not good to me."
What else can he do? Beg them to return their children? That wont work so might as well abduct theirs so maybe you can trade and then everybody has their children back and both sides wont mess with eachother anymore
@Lovecraft people who are involved in conflict feel good about themselves because they see themselves as the good guys (especially people who say "but they started it")
looks like the "I dun do nothing" attitude is not just American blacks, seems to just be a black thing. Lack of responsbility and owning up to their issues, just blaming others as per usual, never anyones fault.
I was just thinking that but you it makes sense, just because you mean well know doesnt mean something that was imprinted on your brain will go away. im pretty sure hes trying his best to be a better man? maybe idk. even tho its 13 percent of the popula-
You have to look deeper into this the warlord was the only one who had decent English. He is communicating with the abductors and trading cattle "unsuccessfully" he knows something he's not telling the whole story.
Glad to see Vice going back to their roots again. They touched on this briefly not that long ago in a special with Ben Anderson and I recall wanting to hear a deeper dive on it. It was a fairly lengthy piece about everything from human trafficing to, the gem trade to the UN's operations in central Africa
It's actually a fascinating answer. If you go back far enough, you'll find that it was the British, French, and Dutch that really began this tradition. Not just in Sudan, but throughout Africa. It's shocking to hear them talk of children as commodities, but that's what colonization does. It takes the native inhabitant and reduces them to a mere commodity. I could see how over a century of that, paired with a complete lack of economic development, might leave a society a bit screwed up.
as much as it is an excuse, it's a valid answer - that's what he was born into, people probably teach you to participate in it before you are really an adult yourself. there's probably not much of a "why", it's just always been there for the people who do it now.
it doesn't matter. Stop gatekeeping what defines having a bad life. Just because there are children out there being kidnapped does NOT make your problems in your first world country invalid.
"I would have benefitted from school...had I not been taken..."😥The trauma people are living with in some countries is so extreme and very real... Makes one appreciateore what they have...
Being South Sudanese myself, there’s a tribe called Murle who are notorious for kidnapping children and looting cattle. They’ve been doing it for a very long time.
Very true Chol, Yauyau is not reformed. He has just legitimised his operations by being part of the government. Just the other day they raided Lou Nuer villages and took children.
Mabor Matot Yau Yau has been rebelling even before South Sudan became independent, he was funded by Khartoum to destabilise the region and you’re right he just legitimised himself, but he is still a rebel regardless.
A cow could be worth $500 for all we know. If that's the case then 40 cows would equal $20,00. That's woupd be a lot of money for a kid since you could kidnap one for free lol.
This is so damn heartbreaking. As an adult who has been in close up combat situations, I cant even imagine the mental toll this fighting takes on a child's mental health. Especially with the added fact that these kids have also been abducted from their families and sold around like commodities. HEARTBREAKING. If any of those kids could escape and make it anywhere near where I live, I will be first in line to help them recover and grow and help them find their biological family, if they so desire.
I sometimes forget how lucky i am that i grew up in a 1st world country, i cant imagine how terrible it must feel growing up with the fear of getting sold.
scary thing is, I see a good number of people with this same attitude in first world countries. I've rubbernecked court cases where parents actually tried to use livestock laws when fighting CPS. In the US, the idea that your kids are your property to do with as you please is still pretty common. Crow, I can recall a guy down the street from me a few years back was actually being paid in daughters by a religious family.
its not the governor of south sudan because south sudan isn't a state- thanks management. Im South Sudanese myself and some of my cousins got taken away so ik how it is.
Really impressed by Mary's faith and optimism for getting her kids back. Really puts things in perspective. My problems are small. Praying for S Sudan.
Goodluck from America, I hope that one day not just S. Sudan but all of Africa could be lifted out of this maelsteom. Don't give up, sacrifices we make today build a brighter future for our children.
it's not like u can ask him to make a new childsoldier army to take them back you know. it would be equaly fucked up. and it's not like normal pepole want to die for your child without gains.
How about instead of talking to your imaginary friend that obviously cannot help her, donate to those who are actually making efforts to recover these children. Your prayers do nothing.
When she said to the ex-warlord " you've given them cattle and they still didn't want to give us our children back" it made me wonder if he's taken their cattle promising to get their children back and selling the cattle for a profit and not actually trying to broker a deal for the children. Im hoping that's not what's going on, but after seeing other third world countries I wouldn't rule out any possibility
@@kingwolfyemmett8860 No human belongs to any other human. That's what slave owners thought, they thought black people were property just like you think kids are property.
I am so grateful that vice made a topic on this, I am south Sudanese but was fortunate enough to be born in Kenya and live in the US. These things are serious no one should ever have to go through this. A case similar to this happened when my cousin had gone to visit his grandmother he unfortunately ended up dying from a bullet wound protecting others. Pray For South Sudan, please.
@Out Of Context Yeah you know nothing about Christianity. You think every Christian is Oh that's a sin oh that's a sin Oh that's a sin. No,Christianity is about getting closer to God and accepting Jesus sacrifice so we can live in paradise(Heaven). Every human sins,and there's nothing we can do about it. But by accepting Jesus sacrifice we can be saved. SO WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START COMMENTING ON THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW.
Kolassol bruh whenever something bad happens in this country they always say, “it’s the end for this country” or something like that. For example when all the George floyd riots were happening..
People really need to pick up a history book and also see what’s going on in other countries. I guarantee they get sent to a third world and see what oppression is really about, they’ll be begging to come back.
you should also consider that teachers in america teach with career-driven mind and are taxed heavily... teachers in impoversihed nations are usually volunteers who are idealists who dont really earn money, and are happy to contribute to the lives of the poor... children in upper class socities dont value school because they believe its obligation... children in lower socities see schooing as luxury and a slice of freedom.. its really a sad reality
Nomad Black, it is common for people with low values to take things for granted. Have you seen the DOC. About the most dangerous roads to school. Now that is determination driven by hope to better oneself. Guidance is essential for a person to develop the drive to learn and better oneself and at the same time value the simple opportunity of existence. Be good god to your spawns.
Well some school is better than no school but schools in america suck so much cause after you have become literate the thing they teach you are completely useless in your life or even in your job. Example history and spanish. Saying American kids hate school is like saying look in that poor country people are starving so you should happily eat this half rotten bread. Bad bread is better than no bread but it doesn't change the fact that bread is very very bad. Just because someone is in worse condition than you doesn't make your condition good.
In Nilotic languages the collective noun for parents is what I can describe as possessive adjective. So the man was just translating from his mother tongue directly. PS: Yauyau, the man who made that comment is the kingpin of child abduction in South Sudan.
I think we all understand it's slavery. It's just a more captivating headline to say "stealing children." I don't think electing not to use the word "slavery" softens the blow of what's happening
When I saw Gumbo I was like, where the hell is that, and my mum goes it’s dangerous there if you go to South Sudan to see family go to the city. Now I know how messed up it is.
Nah cnn would be like " donald trump says he likes mcdonalds which in my theory is secret code that he is having a kkk meeting . Next on cnn we will be talking about why we should kill all men".
Usually the smart people don’t buy slaves or choose a life like that. So kinda makes sense that they would be dull in the head. And you gotta keep in mind he probably somewhat trusted the boy if he had him for multiple years
my mom was one of those kids who fought in the south sudan war, her sisters, brother, and her were kidnapped, my mom got away, but my aunt and uncle went deaf, my grandma left my mom at 3 and came back to her when she came to america, my was 11 when she raised my uncle and aunts, my dad's family lived in Gonder, Ethiopia, my dad's brother killed 1334-1448 people in Ethiopia civil war, he threw missiles at their region, my great grandpa fought against italy in the 30's or 40's, he killed 130- 270 people, 2 weeks before I was born, my dad's little brother died, someone put a whole machete into his head, no one knows who did, and my dad's little brother was about to go to America, my mom's dad fought in some war tho, I did my research and couldnt find how many people he killed, my dad helped in some of the murders my great grandpa committed in the war at 10, sadly tho, I never got to meet my grandpas, my dad's father died in 1997, my mom's father died in 2017 or 2016, I went there to visit my dad's little brother's grave, and both of my grandpas grave, I seen a person shot to death at a protest by some soilders at 8, and most of my dad's child hood friends died, also my mom, dont make memes out of this.
The ending was so powerful.. She knows it’s not likely they’ll come back, but *despite it* she chooses hope. Because living without hope is a death sentence Made a new RUclips video, lmk what u think
My brother was almost kidnapped once when we went to the night market. Luckily he managed to distract the guy and I found him hiding in a vendor's store. The vendor gave us free food.
The man was a warlord "in were I am you need more than admitting you crime to be forgiven, you need to pay for your mistakes " he didn't face judgment so using the right word in a complex topic as child trafficking is not one of his concerns.
You're acting like "this country" is just along for the ride... The people make up their minds. The people are the country. When you phrase it like your comment you make it seem like destiny is out of their hands. Victimhood complex
Omar B. Omar “In all fairness” Nah man. You can’t blame the international community’s “lack of effort” they are fighting themselves and enslaving themselves 😂. You can’t blame somebody else’s problems on the fact that other people won’t help them.
4:04 After he said my mother, father, family 4:06 “Not seeing them feels like I’m already dead” is what he said next. Not that “I wonder how they’re doing”
Zini Najid that’s probably just the fact of English not being a primary language, they don’t get that using owner to describe guardian isn’t right probably.
"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
There's so many stories about families being separated and loosing contact for a life time. To not have closure whether your mother or father is dead or alive has to be frightening. Not only that but you'll have an existential crisis.
@@CherubiJubell if someone comes at me with a gun or threatens me or steals, I respond... they started it It's not like these people can go to the cops, there are no cops
@@chev443 It does make a right when you are talking about property. For example you steal my TV then I am morally justified to steal your TV. Or in situation not involving others, you hit me and I hit you. But we are talking about people. You are imagining the situation from the perspective of the parent. Try imagining from the perspective of the kidnapped child. You were not involved in the kidnapping, did nothing wrong, and yet was punished for someone else's wrongdoing. If for example your brother killed my brother, a crime you are obviously not involved in and not support, then would it be right for me to kill you as justice?
@@chev443 imagine if you were the child of a child-stealer, and somebody came up to you and fucking abducted you. Two wrongs don't always make a right. Property okay, but these are innocent children that have nothing to do with you.
"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
Yeah nothings gonna help Sudan more than a bunch of fat sweaty white guys storming it. Actually he’ll, you might, it’ll prob unite them all in a fight against a common enemy.
This is heartbreaking 😭 to think what the American and other fortunate children complain about vs what these kids go through. I have to go work but I want to sit here and cry for 15mins for these people in Hope's their fate will somehow benefit from here and to keep from bottling it. This is so not okay. Please greater powers help these people 🥺🙏
Vice's videos have made me realize that I should appreciate my life more. I am happy, safe and i have opportunities in life that alot of people and children do not have.
I call bullshit. Telling me someone knows what an owner is and not mom and dad? On of the first things you learn in new languages is that sort of basic stuff. You're probably being sarcastic, lol.
To be born in America in the 21st century is a true blessing. Not only to be born here, but to be born at this time period. Just 150 years ago would have been a very hard life.
A warlord may be a mother’s only hope to find her missing children in South Sudan.
WATCH NEXT: South Sudan Is Collapsing Thanks to Corruption Over Oil - ruclips.net/video/qi37th_N3Ck/видео.html
@vice news is their going to be a follow up video or where the reporters do their magic by however and convince someone to go on the journey to get her kids back
Vocês tem que legendar os vídeos!
And Where are baloch and pashtun children being sold by pakistan army ?
But he said he wants to bring back the children to their Owners!?!?
This is my tribe and that’s the bitter reality murle community
"Bring back kids and return to their owners" - you mean parents?
well that just word for word...
tomayto, tomahto
2:10 my first thought exactly
Wait, can I return my kid?
You thought they were stolen from their parents? Nah, they were stolen from people who bought them.
To be born in a first world country is like winning the lotto compared to some people.
Xavin Dayal compared to 80% of the world, I think. Could be a higher percentage
@@backseatpalace and yet all's everyone does here is complain
It's often worth even much more than that.
@Spicy Dunk Leaders shouldn't make sure their people have anything. A good leader makes sure their people can acquire assets on their own... A government shouldn't be act as a parent. That mentality actually perpetuates poverty
Yes exactly. Be gratefull...
That kid was so sad he didn’t get to finish school, u could see the hurt on his face, really makes u step back and appreciate some things
Human are greedy. Those who change it are legends of today...!!!!
Why would you even wanna have kids if you are this poor, you can't even feed them. I dont understand this shit.
Dispreet Dhillon, it’s natural. A very few amount of people decide to have sex to make babies in our day and age, but rather to have fun in a recreational activity. Do you really think the parents are jumping up and down all excited about having a kid? No. Because it’s called unplanned pregnancy and they’re aware of the financial burden the child will inflict. Sadly, abortions are generally inaccessible in those impoverished areas, which is why you see these sad stories occurring, not because the parents want to cause pain and suffering to themselves and their children.
@@yonishashi4060 it's not natural dude, they do it for fun but when it's time to pull out, gets too late, here you go, you get pregnant.
They should have something like a GED program, so he could still get the education he missed out on.
"Bring back children and return them to their owners" I really hope it's just his language barrier.
I think he didn’t mean it in a bad way (hopefully) I understood that since the kids are sold, they now have owners so they need to return them to their actual “owners” (the parents). I don’t know if that makes sense. But yes, I hope it was just a language barrier.
"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
@@jestes7 thank you for the clarification man
I think it is
@@jestes7 I can attest to what your saying. I too speak Nuer and English. My name is Nyalok. I have the standard “daughter of” prefix of Nya.
And kids in the USA think their biggest problem is having tiktok banned
nope, been homeless is.
Daddychill a lot of people would disagree
Danny but there are other 1st world countries tho...
Ikr
silence, we won't listen to your Third-Worldism, commie!
Modern day slavery, plain and simple
There are millions of slaves on the planet
No capitalism is modern day slavery
nothing about this is modern, this has existed for thousands of years maybe even longer, abduction of children/adults for labour / other things is not new
silensiAAA it’s slavery but instead of white people being the masters it’s black people lol
But it’s black on black that’s why no one is hyping it up, it’s considered to be “normal”
I've met a girl from South Sudan. I asked her if she were worried about her family left behind there. She said, "no. they were terrible people. they were not good to me."
What did they do, sell her?
@@aus-li She didn't really want to open up about it. I'm glad she escaped, whatever it was.
You're absolute no idea no one hate is parents,
Buay Buay what language are you speaking?
@@buaybuay1857 I was shocked that she felt that way about her own family, but she seemed very sincere.
See I supported the guy till I heard him saying "They take our children so we're going to take theirs".
actually this mentality is so common
Right same goes for killing. It’s sad, I hate hearing that one of my distant relatives were killed because of tribalism.
What else can he do? Beg them to return their children? That wont work so might as well abduct theirs so maybe you can trade and then everybody has their children back and both sides wont mess with eachother anymore
Its funny no one complains about the native americans doing literally this exact thing.
@@chupapi7620 “an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind”
Fools out here stealing other people children like this is capture the Flag, smh
i am gone 💀
you can't have shit in Detroit
I have no soul, i laughed at your comment '-')
@@lion2535 LMAO
꧁༺ιиσяι уυzυяιнα༻꧂ is ok
ah yes, the classic: "we weren't the ones that started it."
the root of all conflict
@@yourneighborhoodwierdo8349 $
@Lovecraft people who are involved in conflict feel good about themselves because they see themselves as the good guys (especially people who say "but they started it")
Victim mentality that their American cousins share as well
looks like the "I dun do nothing" attitude is not just American blacks, seems to just be a black thing. Lack of responsbility and owning up to their issues, just blaming others as per usual, never anyones fault.
The fact that he says; "we need to get them back to their owners' is proof he still looks at children as being property.
I was just thinking that but you it makes sense, just because you mean well know doesnt mean something that was imprinted on your brain will go away. im pretty sure hes trying his best to be a better man? maybe idk. even tho its 13 percent of the popula-
Well these people are Sudanese so I don’t think English was their first language. I don’t think he meant it that way, just broken English
@@ML-yi2tx exactly 💯
Probably he have childhood problems with the word " parents "👊👊👊👊😨😨
You have to look deeper into this the warlord was the only one who had decent English. He is communicating with the abductors and trading cattle "unsuccessfully" he knows something he's not telling the whole story.
Reporter: "Did you sell children for cattle?"
Child abductor: "Nah bro, nobody can afford 40 cows to buy my merchandise"
Sold it for 39 😳
Glad to see Vice going back to their roots again. They touched on this briefly not that long ago in a special with Ben Anderson and I recall wanting to hear a deeper dive on it. It was a fairly lengthy piece about everything from human trafficing to, the gem trade to the UN's operations in central Africa
well they risk danger.... so don't how they going to that video very often... they still need the view for money...
@Johnny Mad Dog do you have the link?
*They have to Go Back to the Roots. God is Returning if you didn't get the Message. You Late!*
The truth that people rarely notice is that the shity clickbait pays for these expensive trips
@Delling Conley You should check their documentary on North Korea and their labor camps in Russia. It's a great series
“Didn’t you also take children though?” “Yeah but like, I gave them back so we good.”
Borrowed them😂
@@fettyrocx1318 rented them😂
@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster 😂
In what condition?
Not what he said. And this was a very bleak joke.
Not surprised with the likes we just see hoe many retards their are.
Why do you steal children? “We didn’t start it”. Oh, ok. 👍
lool
It's actually a fascinating answer. If you go back far enough, you'll find that it was the British, French, and Dutch that really began this tradition. Not just in Sudan, but throughout Africa. It's shocking to hear them talk of children as commodities, but that's what colonization does. It takes the native inhabitant and reduces them to a mere commodity. I could see how over a century of that, paired with a complete lack of economic development, might leave a society a bit screwed up.
Drew except that Africans themselves would capture their own and sell them to the Europeans.
@TheExtravagantMule "we are the fire"
as much as it is an excuse, it's a valid answer - that's what he was born into, people probably teach you to participate in it before you are really an adult yourself. there's probably not much of a "why", it's just always been there for the people who do it now.
This video showed me how i should appreciate my parent more than ever.
Yeah you should dude you're very lucky to have what you have
Me too
Could have it much worse, you could have to deal with micro aggressions at work
This video showed me how I could make bank
@@josephsaafan7838 not really lucky.
Suddenly, "My gaming computer isn't working" seems insignificant.
It was Joseph koney the African rebel.... Truth Gamings.....
Not to me
Nice profile pic
it doesn't matter. Stop gatekeeping what defines having a bad life. Just because there are children out there being kidnapped does NOT make your problems in your first world country invalid.
iTaco He’s literally saying that the problems that they have in first world countries are not as significant as the problem in 3rd world countries
If I see another ad for that portable charger I’m going to lose my mind.
The real issue at hand
But it has a built in solar panel and charges up to 8 times!
Facts I agree 💪🏽
LOL
Yes it is so dumb
He knows the price, 40 cows per person
that other guy got ripped off he paid 50 cows
Please launch Vice Africa which also covers stories on people living under bridges and sewage tunnels in America
Dude 40 too 50 cows fpr one person , good ass trade
@@trevorbekun7039 🤦🏽♂️
Not gonna lie 50 cows is too much, especially when there is hunger in africa
"I would have benefitted from school...had I not been taken..."😥The trauma people are living with in some countries is so extreme and very real... Makes one appreciateore what they have...
this is nothing but hell. an eternal damnation.
Being South Sudanese myself, there’s a tribe called Murle who are notorious for kidnapping children and looting cattle. They’ve been doing it for a very long time.
That man with the red cap on his name is David Yau Yau and he belongs to Murle, they operate around Pibor area Jonglei state.
Very true Chol, Yauyau is not reformed. He has just legitimised his operations by being part of the government. Just the other day they raided Lou Nuer villages and took children.
Why doesn't the government ban that behavior?
Mabor Matot Yau Yau has been rebelling even before South Sudan became independent, he was funded by Khartoum to destabilise the region and you’re right he just legitimised himself, but he is still a rebel regardless.
@@mrnarason because the government is involved in it. Yau yau is a governor and still abducts kids.
"Do you sell kids?"
"Nobody has 40 cows"
A cow could be worth $500 for all we know. If that's the case then 40 cows would equal $20,00. That's woupd be a lot of money for a kid since you could kidnap one for free lol.
@@garaad 20$? that sure is a lot of money
@Anon yMous XD
UNIVERSAL SPACE EXPEDITIONER steal the cows then not the kids
@@staroceanic where would you hide cows kids can be brainwashed 40 cows stolen the news would reach the owners
This is so damn heartbreaking. As an adult who has been in close up combat situations, I cant even imagine the mental toll this fighting takes on a child's mental health. Especially with the added fact that these kids have also been abducted from their families and sold around like commodities. HEARTBREAKING.
If any of those kids could escape and make it anywhere near where I live, I will be first in line to help them recover and grow and help them find their biological family, if they so desire.
Heartbreaking when his mother didn’t even know who he was
Wow 😩
I sometimes forget how lucky i am that i grew up in a 1st world country, i cant imagine how terrible it must feel growing up with the fear of getting sold.
scary thing is, I see a good number of people with this same attitude in first world countries. I've rubbernecked court cases where parents actually tried to use livestock laws when fighting CPS. In the US, the idea that your kids are your property to do with as you please is still pretty common.
Crow, I can recall a guy down the street from me a few years back was actually being paid in daughters by a religious family.
neeneko let me guess were they mormons?
Not all 3rd world countries are like this, this is some next level shit.
You don't think sex trafficking and kidnappings happen in the US?
Mike Wallace no where as bad as South Sudan it seems. The US has better security and most average developed countries in the world actually
Only people who were here first will remember the title being: “Children Are Being Bought and Sold for Cows in South Sudan”
Thank you for noticing too:)
I’m dead 😂😂😂
They have since corrected it. Idk when they rectified it but as of Thursday May 21, 2020 the title is correct and resembles what the plot is.
@First Last what ?
@@nickyrathor007 no bro dont listen to this stupid..
Cries about wanting to get his child back that was kidnapped
*has himself kidnapped 2000 kids*
Irish Republican it’s their way of life they have to as a way of income and survival
ToxicPG that’s fucked
Karma
@@irishrepublican3739 yeah but to them it's normal u adapt to where ur born.
@@toxicpg8404 i said the same thing about poachers and everyone got mad at me
My cousin recently went missing he has been missing for 3 weeks now I hope he will be found safe soon
Has he been found now?
Did y’all find him
@@yellingateveryone2520 no he hasn't been found from what I know
@@dthanggz4584 they haven't found him from what I know but I'm praying for his safety
When someone who is missing 48 Hours or longer, their is a 80% probabillity that, that Person is Gone forever..
Imagine being captured while you wash your clothes and being sold as a slave. Huh. Give one some perspective.
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"Bring back the children, to their owners" - The governor of South Sudan.
Thought I was the only one.
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@@jay2.287 self promoting in the comment section of video about children being abducted? Seriously?
its not the governor of south sudan because south sudan isn't a state- thanks management. Im South Sudanese myself and some of my cousins got taken away so ik how it is.
@@liamsomeone6333 dude if it’s on RUclips it’s fair game, especially on a Vice video,
Really impressed by Mary's faith and optimism for getting her kids back. Really puts things in perspective. My problems are small. Praying for S Sudan.
So what's your profession?
"Child Abductor"
Lol
So petty. I don't abduct children, I make them walk into my house instead of me taking them, and now I have food in my basement.
@@futurerobotwilsmith How much for them?
@@satho3587 free depending on how they behave. More expensive if they're full of juice. i usually use hi c
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Even the cattle got no meat on em. That’s how you know shits rough.
you think s because you are used to eating gmo, chemical filled fat cows, now you think it's normal, just like people in europe and america are fat.
Theyre sebu theyre supposed to look like that high fat cattle dont live well in hot climates
@@jyde50 northern and eastern europeans arent fat, europe isnt just england
They’re Sudanese cows, yär
@@calvin9299 i stand corrected
Me not having a larger car doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.
I read that as larger cat the first time, I was amused
I don't see the connection 😔
@VK Why are you obsessed with India?
Kitu's Junkyard, Wanting a big car isn't important compared to things like this.
Andrew Gunner Same lol I was very confused
I am proud to be South Sudanese but my country has a dark past and present I just pray for a brighter future
America’s is darker
@@yumiko0017 you’re crazy
Same man I hope we have a bright future God got us ✝️🇸🇸💯
Goodluck from America, I hope that one day not just S. Sudan but all of Africa could be lifted out of this maelsteom.
Don't give up, sacrifices we make today build a brighter future for our children.
@@yumiko0017 bro, everyone knows that's semi-ironic but Jesus christ you just said that to someone from south Sudan. Kinda not funny.
“Let me go to the market”
“No you’re gonna run away”
“No I promise I won’t”
*goes to market
*runs away
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it
@@raqkurd2574 what ? dont click that link its just a self promotion to his song
Harsh Raj Always free thx
@@HarshRajAlwaysfree thx
Harsh Raj Always free thx
I'm South Sudanese man I have 27 years old this video it's real.
Just be careful and always be prepared Bro. I suggest you must have a solid of group from your family and best Friend's
Yesterday they came and attack us now it's our turn, my friend
Buay Buay Doesn’t that just repeat the cycle tho?
@@dash7106 but the thing is both the sides need to stop simultaneously.
@@buaybuay1857 The cycle repeats itself.
I pray to God Mary finds her children. Imagine being told to be patient while your kids are missing
it's not like u can ask him to make a new childsoldier army to take them back you know.
it would be equaly fucked up.
and it's not like normal pepole want to die for your child without gains.
How about instead of talking to your imaginary friend that obviously cannot help her, donate to those who are actually making efforts to recover these children. Your prayers do nothing.
@@nuck- How about you respect others beliefs instead of trying to act like a smartass?
@@ng7756
How about instead of pretending to help these people actually help? it's disgusting.
@@nuck- How about you respect the beliefs of others?
When she said to the ex-warlord " you've given them cattle and they still didn't want to give us our children back" it made me wonder if he's taken their cattle promising to get their children back and selling the cattle for a profit and not actually trying to broker a deal for the children. Im hoping that's not what's going on, but after seeing other third world countries I wouldn't rule out any possibility
Why do they exchange children for cattle, don't they have currency
@@Ohamskillua Cattle is very expensive in terms of money. It's basically money but money they can eat too.
This guy has the same energy as the meme template
We were bad but now we are good.
Imagine Hitler building an orphanage
Just the thought of someone abducting and selling a child just breaks my heart. Can't imagine what those kids went through 💔
I'm not the most religious guy in the world... but taken children? Karma is going to hit beautifully.
I hope they get rekt
It's normally for the country he's jorn into it he doesn't know what other country are like
Chop chop
Look up 'just world' fallacy.
Yuppp
I like how the title is literally a workaround for just "child trafficking"
Gotta beat the algorithm, otherwise youtube buries stuff like this
Makes me realize how happy I should be living in a first world country
search how many kids go missing in a year in the US you'd be surprised.
Mr. Johnson. I wouldn’t call the US a first world country 😂
Kristoffer Sparegodt lol people fall for the “American Dream” what would you call it
@@kristoffersparegodt420 US not a first world country lol. Low IQ right here, I see.
US is not a first world country my dear
He called parent's "owners" like those kids are some property to him, warlords never change
All kids are property prove me wrong
@@kingwolfyemmett8860 no
@@kingwolfyemmett8860 you aight human then lol
@@kingwolfyemmett8860 No human belongs to any other human. That's what slave owners thought, they thought black people were property just like you think kids are property.
these people need helping hand to work in field they basically use the kids for this so kids to them are like free labor
People out here stealing each others children
@crystalmdn1 xDDDDD
My pull out game would be so strong.
Yes...
I am so grateful that vice made a topic on this, I am south Sudanese but was fortunate enough to be born in Kenya and live in the US. These things are serious no one should ever have to go through this. A case similar to this happened when my cousin had gone to visit his grandmother he unfortunately ended up dying from a bullet wound protecting others. Pray For South Sudan, please.
Thank you for being grateful. People in 1st world countries don't know how good they have it.
@Out Of Context Christianity doesn't hold anybody behind. And if it "does" how.
@Out Of Context Yeah you know nothing about Christianity. You think every Christian is Oh that's a sin oh that's a sin Oh that's a sin. No,Christianity is about getting closer to God and accepting Jesus sacrifice so we can live in paradise(Heaven). Every human sins,and there's nothing we can do about it. But by accepting Jesus sacrifice we can be saved. SO WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START COMMENTING ON THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW.
@Out Of Context Never said I knew you and moving on. And what do you need to know or be explained.Since you know nothing about religion(Christianity).
and some people think living in America is the worst place in the world?
Thats only the liberals
I agree
Literally no one.
Kolassol bruh whenever something bad happens in this country they always say, “it’s the end for this country” or something like that. For example when all the George floyd riots were happening..
People really need to pick up a history book and also see what’s going on in other countries. I guarantee they get sent to a third world and see what oppression is really about, they’ll be begging to come back.
These kids are sad they didnt go to school and here in America kids hate school and give teachers a headache and complain all day.
you should also consider that teachers in america teach with career-driven mind and are taxed heavily... teachers in impoversihed nations are usually volunteers who are idealists who dont really earn money, and are happy to contribute to the lives of the poor... children in upper class socities dont value school because they believe its obligation... children in lower socities see schooing as luxury and a slice of freedom.. its really a sad reality
If these kids have to face the academic and social pressure in America they would hate it too, people always want what they don’t have.
Nomad Black, it is common for people with low values to take things for granted. Have you seen the DOC. About the most dangerous roads to school. Now that is determination driven by hope to better oneself. Guidance is essential for a person to develop the drive to learn and better oneself and at the same time value the simple opportunity of existence. Be good god to your spawns.
Jr Beans, he is not referring to your town.
Well some school is better than no school but schools in america suck so much cause after you have become literate the thing they teach you are completely useless in your life or even in your job. Example history and spanish.
Saying American kids hate school is like saying look in that poor country people are starving so you should happily eat this half rotten bread. Bad bread is better than no bread but it doesn't change the fact that bread is very very bad.
Just because someone is in worse condition than you doesn't make your condition good.
"return them to their OWNERS" yikes!
In Nilotic languages the collective noun for parents is what I can describe as possessive adjective. So the man was just translating from his mother tongue directly.
PS: Yauyau, the man who made that comment is the kingpin of child abduction in South Sudan.
Some people find it hard to understand that languages do not all follow English logic
You know what he meant also French doesn’t translate to English smoothly all the time
He’s basically saying parents. English isn’t his first language.
Not proper translation
Vice doing its very best not to use the word "slavery" when there is slavery being practiced...
N word
I think we all understand it's slavery. It's just a more captivating headline to say "stealing children." I don't think electing not to use the word "slavery" softens the blow of what's happening
@@nightfighter7452 I think Child slavery and child soldiers is a bigger headline than simply stealing children
I was thinking the same thing, it’s slavery plain and simple
This warlord must have taken a page out of General Butt Naked's book.
XD but general butt naked was more cruel
Did he eat them
Yea he did
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Who’s that
Drew Binsky :- south sudan is a very safe country..
South Sudan:- lemme hold your children🔫
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When I saw Gumbo I was like, where the hell is that, and my mum goes it’s dangerous there if you go to South Sudan to see family go to the city. Now I know how messed up it is.
did he actually say that?
In the capital Juba is safe city but outside the cities is war
@@iihamed711 he never said that.
"return to their owners"
Same kind of thinking that gave us the Civil War.
@DOE John We live in a global society, as left beyond any shadow of doubt by the pandemic. "Us" is perhaps the correct word to use.
Parents, guardians?
And it’s from the Christian Bible
You mean our ancestors?
when I heard that, I just play it again to be sure if I catch it right
I honestly don't think he even realizes his hypocrisy. You can't claim the abductions are condemnable say "we take their kids"
But you're not in his situation
“Didn’t you see my gun” OG not playin 💯💯
I laugh so hard when i heard that 😂
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Hahah LOL it’s not funny 😄
Y A it is
Ikr he gangsta
CNN: “Yeah thats cool and all, but did you know that Opra smokes????????😳😳😳😯😯”
Nah cnn would be like " donald trump says he likes mcdonalds which in my theory is secret code that he is having a kkk meeting . Next on cnn we will be talking about why we should kill all men".
CNN and Fox are literally the same, except one is biased towards liberals and one is biased towards republicans.
msm will NEVER cover human trafficking because its not dividing us. only talking about racism’s or homophobia will🤷🏻♂️
lmfaaao
Know when to speak
bad guy: buys a kid with all his money
kid: "Let me go to the market"
He payed 40 cows for that kid.
smart kid outsmarted him.. how u let him go to market having just spent 15- 20 grand on him
only took a decade aswell handy job
Usually the smart people don’t buy slaves or choose a life like that. So kinda makes sense that they would be dull in the head. And you gotta keep in mind he probably somewhat trusted the boy if he had him for multiple years
my mom was one of those kids who fought in the south sudan war, her sisters, brother, and her were kidnapped, my mom got away, but my aunt and uncle went deaf, my grandma left my mom at 3 and came back to her when she came to america, my was 11 when she raised my uncle and aunts, my dad's family lived in Gonder, Ethiopia, my dad's brother killed 1334-1448 people in Ethiopia civil war, he threw missiles at their region, my great grandpa fought against italy in the 30's or 40's, he killed 130- 270 people, 2 weeks before I was born, my dad's little brother died, someone put a whole machete into his head, no one knows who did, and my dad's little brother was about to go to America, my mom's dad fought in some war tho, I did my research and couldnt find how many people he killed, my dad helped in some of the murders my great grandpa committed in the war at 10, sadly tho, I never got to meet my grandpas, my dad's father died in 1997, my mom's father died in 2017 or 2016, I went there to visit my dad's little brother's grave, and both of my grandpas grave, I seen a person shot to death at a protest by some soilders at 8, and most of my dad's child hood friends died, also my mom, dont make memes out of this.
"I'm Jada"
Mom: "Jada who?"
*heart breaking*
That is how probably i'm going to meet my mother
Fr he was prolly waiting for to break down or Jump in joy scream anything but I know he wasn’t expecting a jada who
And you’re mad when a restaurant doesn’t have WiFi...
Because someone has a bigger problem than yours doesn't mean you shouldn't complain about yours.
@@cypriangupar7595 exactly
Jayden McDaniel yes you should always be grateful but you need to also take care of your own problems....
Hate it or like it@Jayden McDaniel is tell the fact
And also @@blueking5739
The ending was so powerful..
She knows it’s not likely they’ll come back, but *despite it* she chooses hope. Because living without hope is a death sentence
Made a new RUclips video, lmk what u think
Yessss
Have FAITH
I personally found the ending distasteful like ofc she knows she’s probably never gonna see her kids again.
Dude u got 100 likes and tried to plug ur channel on a documentary gtfo
*Kalashnikov* : even a child could use an AK
*Kids in Africa* : hmm you don't say comrade
I do appreciate this channel for giving us news on things that We would never have known about
2:00 "You know people like Paul who was in the Bible, he used to be Batman originally."
lmao I heard it as Bad man and now that i saw your comment I cant unhear batman.
@@Nchinnam the youtube captions say batman lol
@@anarchocommunist3888 it said badman
@@ronaldhonore3454 no it says batman
He says badman but the RUclips caption said batma😂😂😂
Interviewer: Have you ever abducted a child?
South Sudanese: ii
My brother was almost kidnapped once when we went to the night market. Luckily he managed to distract the guy and I found him hiding in a vendor's store. The vendor gave us free food.
things have gone so terribly wrong when they start going after each other's children..
yet in canada we cut federal funding to help stop human trafficking :(
Gotta get Trudeau out.
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Instead of parents he said their owners🤦🏻♀️ he still doesn’t understand
He is a Sudanese...what you expect?
reupload29 seems like he knows exactly what he is saying dumb ass
Hm.
@reupload29 You shouldn't presume ignorance just because the man is black.
The man was a warlord "in were I am you need more than admitting you crime to be forgiven, you need to pay for your mistakes " he didn't face judgment so using the right word in a complex topic as child trafficking is not one of his concerns.
This country just can't catch a break 😔.
You're acting like "this country" is just along for the ride... The people make up their minds. The people are the country. When you phrase it like your comment you make it seem like destiny is out of their hands. Victimhood complex
Lmao blame the residents . No one feels bad for them
Omar B. Omar “In all fairness” Nah man. You can’t blame the international community’s “lack of effort” they are fighting themselves and enslaving themselves 😂. You can’t blame somebody else’s problems on the fact that other people won’t help them.
I cannot bare seeing this happen to anyone. Inshallah those who have lost their young will return to their families
Inshallah
4:04
After he said my mother, father, family
4:06
“Not seeing them feels like I’m already dead” is what he said next.
Not that
“I wonder how they’re doing”
How upsetting. Not knowing wether your child is dead or alive.
0:36 *Have you ever abducted a child?*
_"Yeee!"_
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba 0:36
man said "yee" when he was asked if he kidnapped children
imagine being told to " wait patiently " just to get your children back , and everyday you pray for that same thing .
Warlord: We need to return children back to their owners
Reporter: You mean parents
Warlord: Sure if they are also the owners
Zini Najid that’s probably just the fact of English not being a primary language, they don’t get that using owner to describe guardian isn’t right probably.
Chris Ding I know it was just a joke.
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"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
Zini Najid bro what s funny bout the situation!? Huh!?
5:13 Those are a lot of words for "I hunt to feed my children" ... Hope these guys find peace!
There's so many stories about families being separated and loosing contact for a life time. To not have closure whether your mother or father is dead or alive has to be frightening. Not only that but you'll have an existential crisis.
We didn't start this is never a valid argument for anything!
Yes it is
@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677
No, it's not. Especially if you don't take steps to stop it.
@@CherubiJubell if someone comes at me with a gun or threatens me or steals, I respond... they started it
It's not like these people can go to the cops, there are no cops
Sadly this only works on 'working' societies.
You can’t expect people to sit around while kids are being taken ....
5:58 that's such a childish thing to say
"We weren't the ones who started it" so that makes it right to kidnap kids?
if someone stole your kids what would you do to get them back ?
is stealing other kids really off the table ?
lyfe screwar two wrongs don’t make a right
@@jo-vf8jx I disagree
@@chev443 It does make a right when you are talking about property. For example you steal my TV then I am morally justified to steal your TV. Or in situation not involving others, you hit me and I hit you. But we are talking about people. You are imagining the situation from the perspective of the parent. Try imagining from the perspective of the kidnapped child. You were not involved in the kidnapping, did nothing wrong, and yet was punished for someone else's wrongdoing. If for example your brother killed my brother, a crime you are obviously not involved in and not support, then would it be right for me to kill you as justice?
@@chev443 imagine if you were the child of a child-stealer, and somebody came up to you and fucking abducted you. Two wrongs don't always make a right. Property okay, but these are innocent children that have nothing to do with you.
I love vice now, just wow, thank you. The world must be informed this still happening
He asked him a question and he answered with a question , dint u see my gun ? 😂😂
"There owners" you mean their families!
Their family sold them so they were technically the first owners.
You must understand that in many languages parents are called owners, so when translated into english there are some minor errors.
_You_ mean their families, clearly, unfortunately, they don't.
Relax his native tongue is not english
@John Z gotcha
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind”
-Gandhi
But when you lose your eye you stop thinking about other people losing their eyes.
@Brandon Jontz Dumb comment
@@bensaidmahmoud9513 exactly
Let it be blind then
What else are they supposed to do tho? Atleast they can now negotiate with the others about getting both sides kids back.
That statement about bringing back kids to their ’owners’ not family tells you this man’s mindset...
Maybe because their parents sold them in the first place.
Or or or ro ror ro or or his English sucks
You must understand that in many languages parents are called owners, so when translated into english there are some minor errors.
In many languages guardian or owner is referred to the parent. I’m unsure of local customs of south sudan but this could be the case.
Ohh God bring those children home. I can't explain how heartbroken 💔 l am right now.
A mothers love for her children is the most powerful force.
I cant imagine what these babies had to go through. My heart hurts for these guys.
I’m Sudanese and understand everything their saying and the translation is kinda off but this was a very informative video
What language are the natives speaking?
@@yokwankak5880 No it's Murle I believe. The dinka aren't in that part of South Sudan (Pibor).
This just makes me think back to sam o nella’s claim that if clusterfuck was in the dictionary it would be an image of South Sudan
Underrated comment
That’s many places in Africa. But Idk if I like that term as it’s really oversimplified and and generalised and doesn’t explain anything.
Hey kids
"We need to bring back the children and give them back to their OWNERS"
Sorry I lost it 😂🤣
But good for him seriously.
Owners 🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Biliguinist here who speaks English and Nuer the language spoken in the video. I understood what he was saying and I was reading the subtitles with it. For the most part they were accurate with translating. There are things that don't translate correctly between different languages. What's lost in translation is that it's not meant to be "owners". It was meant to say have them returned to the ones who take care of them. A generic term. South Sudan is a new nation but it has been in a state of conflict since it's inception. Even before 2011 the area that would be South Sudan was plagued with civil wars for decades. There are simply a lot of children out there from South Sudan who were never reconnected with their parents and are either taking care of themselves or being taken care of by someone. Hence the true translation." -Kun Deng
Vice: they are stealing children
Streets: what children?
Okay, our list of raiding
1 RUclips headquarters
2 Scammers
3 South Sudan kidnappers
Cancel:
1 Area 51
2 T-series headquarters
what your gonna find in T-series headquarters??
Get the Hawaiian shirts ready
T- series?
Yeah nothings gonna help Sudan more than a bunch of fat sweaty white guys storming it. Actually he’ll, you might, it’ll prob unite them all in a fight against a common enemy.
@@earhearthush-up5549 you think Faiz Zakwan is a white guy? Lmfao. You must be white yourself to think that 😂
This is heartbreaking 😭 to think what the American and other fortunate children complain about vs what these kids go through. I have to go work but I want to sit here and cry for 15mins for these people in Hope's their fate will somehow benefit from here and to keep from bottling it. This is so not okay. Please greater powers help these people 🥺🙏
Vice's videos have made me realize that I should appreciate my life more. I am happy, safe and i have opportunities in life that alot of people and children do not have.
I wish “return to their (owners)” was the only way he knew how to translate in English
these people dont look at others like u and me do...theyre property to them not humans...well a property that can fire an AK-47
Maniacally Quiet that is racist
I call bullshit. Telling me someone knows what an owner is and not mom and dad? On of the first things you learn in new languages is that sort of basic stuff.
You're probably being sarcastic, lol.
@@ManiacallyQuiet be specific when you say these people...
@@rahrah8085 doesn't need to. It's obvious who he's talking about and he's correct
I’m so grateful and thankful that I have been born in America 🙏🏻
To be born in America in the 21st century is a true blessing. Not only to be born here, but to be born at this time period. Just 150 years ago would have been a very hard life.