"Let me tell you, that people such as Europeans and Americans, went away from home" "and began to colonize other places, which they took by force." "There was a lot of fighting and they divided Africa into sections:" "like Sudan, Uganda," "Nigeria, etc." "And later they called them "free nations"." "After that, they went high into space and took the moon!" "Did you know that the moon belongs to the white man?" "Hello?" "I'm near the Egyptian border, between Libya and Egypt." "The wind is picking up and I'm in a bit of a crisis." "I finally have permission." "I have to get out of here." "No danger here?" "Shit!" "I can't see anything." "Luigi, I must hang up." "Bye!" "Nice music!" "It's a baby game?" "No, it's The Internationale." "Very much like a baby game, for sleeping." "It's not for sleeping, it's a socialist hymn!" ""...to take photos for their cultural project that is leading them from Egypt along the Nile with this small plane "F-JRIX", radio call sign..." "Is it written here that the government of Southern Sudan has no objections?" "The document says that the Whites come as friends." "So why do they come at night?" "Ask him what they hope to find here." "You are going to spend the night here..." "And he said "why"." "What is the reason of spending the night?" "In the night, we cannot fly." "It's impossible to fly." "They will lose their way in the dark." "I think there's still a problem." "He says staying is dangerous." "Let's die for peace!" "Our martyrs died in the Jihad!" "They come crawling to worship God!" "Mosques are shouting Quran!" "We are strong together!" "Sudan praises our religion!" "Muhammad's followers have returned!" "Infidels are defeated by our fighters..." "We are nation of the peace, we are nation of the mission, we are nation... of values and we believe in the cooperation amongst all nations." "We have been targeted from all European nations and from the US for along time." "I would like you to express what you are seeing now to all nations in this planet, globally." "We want to build a state of the value, a state of the law, a state of the human rights." "The Sudanese people have a value of democracy, maybe more than the United States, the country trying to impose its will upon us, and we are saying "no"." "We are the nation of the will and we can build our institutions ourselves and we can maintain the peace..." "The President will be taking off now" ""Full protocol." "Full parade."" "Repeat, please!" "This place is very heavily mined!" " Landmines?" " Yes, landmines." "So if we land here..." "It's very explosive." "Nobody enters this area!" "Good morning." "This is the tomb of the man." "What was his name?" "Lepire." "They shot him here, and again, as he was pushing ahead to rest somewhere, those people came again and they shot him again." "They went for military training, came back with the guns" "and did not go back." "Then they went for another military training, and came back with another gun." "Maybe three times, with different guns." "It was through Europeans, when they came here..." "An African had to be given a gun to shoot an elephant so the elephant was brought to a white man." "This is the way they started." "After that, when..." "The partition of Africa, when they made Africa a country, different countries, demarcating it, making boundaries, then..." "Africans have to fight for presidents." "Rebels are many." "They went to get some guns from some donors" "and start rebelling." "Rebelling against the main government, to change Presidents." "Everybody cannot move around." "The soldiers come around here at night and everybody is afraid." "Because of the fighting?" "Yes, people are afraid." "All the people are afraid." "They see the soldiers, very ready." "Jesus with us!" "Those are believers of Jesus Christ." "Amen." "We believe in Jesus Christ." "Are you Muslim or Christian?" "You know Jesus Christ?" "My God?" "Say, you are Christian or you are Muslim?" "What do you think?" " You are Christian or Muslim?" " What do you think?" "Because I am Christian, I need to know you are also." "I am not Muslim." "Hallelujah!" "No "Allahu Akbar"..." "We say "Hallelujah"." "We don't know what is "Hamdullah"?" "More than 2,5 million have died because of Arabs." "We don't have fighting." "We are staying here for peace." "So you protect the oil field?" " Yes." " You protect it?" "There are many Chinese people?" "Yes, there are so many!" "Chinese come here to find oil." "It looks like a toy!" "This plane is a funny joke." "It has a music box on board!" "There is also a CPF, a "Central Processing Facility"." "Then from CPF to Port Sudan." "Our oil field now produces 300,000 barrels per day." "Now the scenery is not very good." "Environmental protection is their responsibility." "Do you have friends in these villages?" "No." "You don't know anybody here?" "No, they are local people." "You cannot communicate with them?" "They didn't" ""say" English, so..." "But I think they are friendly." "No problem." "But if no soldiers, we should keep in the camp." "No problem, I think." "In this area, nothing happens." "But we should keep the safety." "More safety." "These oil rigs..." "USA design, but they make it in China." "How was the ride?" "It is a self-built thing, made for 2 pilots." "It can fly up to 4,000 meters high, at a speed of 120 km/h." "To fly this little thing, one has to be half mad." "Everything here is good." "I help Sudanese." "I like Sudan." "I like everything here." "This oil, you check!" "Anything is good." "No need USA, you know." "Because, USA, you know... big problem for this area!" "Big problem for me, for all Sudanese here." "Now USA talks too much for... peace and stuff like this." "Why?" "America needs to cut the Sudan..." "Cut." "USA needs to cut the Sudan." "But no like...no like America here!" "All Sudanese one!" "Now it's lunchtime." "Inch' Allah." "We need to defend peace and security because those who are not capable of peace, those who don't want peace, also don't deserve it." "And if necessary, the solution will have to be through the gun." "Are you OK?" "Yes, sir." "That is a temple." "Muslim temple." "Maybe, in Arabic, it's "mosque"." "For the prayer." "Arabs colonized Southerners." "But now, we break away." "The Arabs and the Chinese work together?" "Do you have Chinese friends?" "I don't know them." "Because I cannot..." "I have nothing to talk with them." "They are professional people." "Are any villagers working in the company?" "Yes, some..." "Four." "One is a guard, three are cleaners." "We have been using this land to grow food, but now all the land is taken by oil companies and we are suffering because even our water," "we cannot drink it." "It is dangerous." "The water is dirty because they mix it with oil!" "They make holes deep in the ground, so all the water gets poisonous." "If chickens drink it, they die." "Our children die." "Everybody who touches that water will die." "In our place, everything dies from bad water." ""Captain Hubert", you know the American President said," ""I have a dream"..." "What was the name of the President?" "This is our shelter, bulletproof." "Which planet do you come from?" "Aliens, you shall be punished!" "We come in peace... but we'll defend ourselves if necessary." "People of the West are obsessed by this." "They really went into space to find new planets out there, to find new life out there." "If now, China or other..." ""developed countries"" "come to Sudan, it is very easy to take over this country." "But when we go outside, send some message..." "The originals... original living persons, living things there, if you go there, you break up a balance." "It's the same thing you did in Africa before." "You must find a place where nobody lives, then exploit it." "That's the idea." "If you go to other planets, with locals living there, if you destroy that, it's like in Africa before." "Europe before, you went to Africa, the same thing." "Not colonize!" "We'll find a place that nobody..." "With nothing there, only energy, only mines." "And you just extract energy." "There is a Chinese wisdom:" "one has to be very careful when contacting strangers." "Be cautious!" "The cultural differences can be very big." "It can be dangerous." "You cannot go into space without arms." "It is necessary to defend yourself." "Already today, we have very good weapons." "What would we do without them?" "If we really want to survive, we need to be prepared." "When there is encounter, there is conflict." "Where there is conflict, there is war, and for war, we'll needs arms." "We will have the strongest weapons." "Weapons with intelligence." "Sudan has now become the epicenter of a collision between America and China." "350,000 barrels per day, at 100 dollars, is no small potatoes..." "We would like a strong UN presence to help more and more development coming in." "You see the various Nuer tribes here, the various Dinka tribes here and the groups like the Zande and Kakua... various Bari groups in this area." "There's a lot of work to do, inside the South, to unify it as a political entity and to provide security throughout." "So what's going to happen in the next ten years?" "Oil will continue, oil concessions, throughout this area." "The primary oil producing areas are..." "In this area and this area here." "There is exploration going on in Jonglei state and concessions throughout that bulk of Southern Sudan." "We are investing now in facilities in order to help... see that period through." "It's a symbol of commitment to Southern Sudan in the post-referendum period." "It's seen very well by the government and other people here." "We're here to support, so..." "It's a good step forward." "This area is the headquarters." "And the high security tower that will save the ice cream." "It's a proposal from my daughter." "Really?" "She looked at the model and decided there were a few things missing." "Number one was the ice cream shop, and number two was the basketball court." "You need to vote for the referendum." "If you don't vote, you may be the one to cause the problem." "Be it secession or unity, if you don't vote, you should beheld responsible." "My last message to all the people of Southern Sudan... is this:" "we must not allow the enemy to divide us on a tribal basis." "And we must vote for our total independence." "I'm not afraid to say this as a Southern Sudanese." "I want a total independence for our people." "And we must not use guns against ourselves." "We must prove that we are a people able to manage our own affairs, and we do not need anyone to come and mess up again." "What happens in Sudan matters very much to us now economically." "Welcome and good evening to our listeners." "Welcome to the monthly press briefing of the head of the UN mission in Sudan," "UNMIS, southern sector, Mr. David Gressly." "Reports of major troop build-ups on the North-South border appear to have been exaggerated and the movements we have seen today have involved units on the scale of platoon level." "We're now less than 72 hours away from referendum and everything appears to be on track." "As of last Monday, our UN police have provided referendum security training to over 22,000 officers in VIP security, as well as special weapons and tactics." ""World Food Programme"" "These white buildings there... these are the residences that are being built." "Of what?" "Where we'll get our houses." "Who are you?" "My name is David, of the UN." "This is what you started with a tent, right?" "That's right: one tent, one backpack and one laptop." "This is our new cargo aircraft!" "We'll get you the UN sticker!" "Christine," "I know you're jealous right now." "I'll tell you all about it later on." "We found a perfect spot for you." "Who is Christine?" "My daughter, she wants to set up an operation here." "Really?" "An operation?" "Yes, she wants to set up a safari camp." "Successful demolition." "Over." "It was a 106mm Chinese rocket." "In this country, you find things from all over the world:" "American mines, British mines," "South African," "Iraqi, Iranian, Russian, Chinese," "Yugoslavian..." "A guy walked into our camp, he said he's got a bomb." "Hopefully it will be a bomb." "Hopefully?" "Hopefully, yes... keeps me working." "Here's the thing I find most of..." "The mines are all over." "Which people are in danger?" "Just the locals." "Because they may not know anything." "They don't know what is in the ground." "They don't know what is a mine?" "They don't know what is in the ground." "I don't know either." "How can they know?" "They believe to get blown up is God's will..." "Twelve years in the British Army." "I was in the Royal Engineers," "I went out to Iraq." "I've been to Iraq twice, first time during the war in 2006." "I went out with "Bomb Disposal", doing this job in the army." "Are you sure there are no mines here?" "Yes, it's not mined here." "No mines, only bombs, is it?" "Yes, it's buried anyway." "What?" "Here, nothing." "Are you sure?" "What are you thinking about now?" "I can think about war, but we are now forgetting because we are now in peace." "That's the first video I made last season, socializing times and demolition." "That's a contrast!" "Good, eh." "Just socializing, chilling around by pools and in bars." "And then... out in the field..." "I think his mummy needs to tell him not to..." "Tell him what?" "She needs to tell him not to stand on landmines." "Be careful!" "This is the mother." "I've got three women and two guards." "We need armed guards here, the theft is quite bad." "The first night, the police nearly shot a man stealing from the tent." "Sometimes they see what we do... and they want that." "But, I don't know..." "Are they capable?" "There must be a reason they're still 200 years behind the rest of the world." "They don't want to, maybe." "Villages lie empty as thousands have fled for their lives." "Days before Sudan is due to be split into two independent states, the country's President has ordered his troops to cleanse rebel forces from the disputed area." "President Bashir is already wanted for war crimes over genocide in Darfur." "Now he is being accused of another deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing." "This latest conflict is taking place along the new frontier, between what will soon be a divided Sudan." "Divide and rule." "You know," "Americans or British," "Germans or Chinese as well, they have very elegant ways to control our land." "When they say:" ""This is a great African leader", they will give him big support!" "Africa will never develop with leaders of such kind." "Foreigners say:" ""We come to help"..." "But they support gangsters!" "What is this?" "There is an intention behind that." "It is hidden." "On the contrary, if a leader has a vision, if he is strong, they will say:" ""He shall be killed in a plane crash."" "Brother, what are you doing?" "Wait a minute!" "So where are you from?" "I am from Earth planet!" "Are you sure?" "We are on the Earth planet!" "a group of nine planets such as..." "Mars planet," "Mercury planet..." "Do you know Mercury planet?" "Yes, I know it." " Seems you don't know!" " I know it!" "And Jupiter..." "It seems to me a colonizer is a person who comes to take a country which does not belong to him." "Maybe the appearance of the people there is very different, isn't it?" "A person who is a colonial government is using the people where?" "Peacefully or by violence?" "You tell me!" " I want to understand from you!" " I'm asking you!" "What do they want?" "This is "Marsland", that plane." "So you know a lot about planes?" "Bad planes?" "No, you said "bad planes"!" "You know a lot of things "about" planes!" "I know nothing!" "...the President of Sudan was indicted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur..." "Herbert, let me ask you." "First, before I go further, Mr. Herbert, if a president makes a coup attempt, he is a criminal or not?" "I don't know." "If a president commits crimes, they will have many followers in a ruler government." "That means the whole government are criminals, isn't it?" "Maybe." "Not "maybe", that is exactly!" " Correct or not correct?" " I think so, yes." "That means you are not quite sure?" "I'm learning from you!" "I gather it from books." "Maybe books lie to me?" "I don't have full evidence to..." "I am not from this country." "I'm a foreigner, so I don't know." "But France has got roots here, inside Sudan." "France?" "Why?" "I'm saying you can get other things belonging to..." "You get... like big guns!" "Big guns!" ""Made in France"." "How can some big guns come here?" "Have our people stolen it or France brought here or... in history, French soldiers were buried here or what?" "They bring guns." "I have to be quiet, I will not say anything." "The British established the Constitution of the Sudan." "They carried Bibles in their right hand, and they carried guns in their left hand." "They come and take all our goods and leave." "The future leaders," "Americans, British, China... let them not forget that God will give our children health," "a clean brain, and they will revenge one day, in a different way." "So let the British know that their great-grandchildren will not have access to come to Africa." "And Americans too!" "Let them know that their great-grandchildren will not have access to come to Africa." "And China too." "And French." "Because these children are growing up." "Of course they're human beings, they have brains." "They will come up with different solutions." "Every human being has a dignity of living, but they forgot about that." "My education is not university level." "I finished my Sudan school certificate." "But my being in America 16 years," "I know a lot." "Our people have been deceived!" "Even the military." "They talk to you according to their level." "Not everybody is a military." "I blame our top people..." "Don't take their pictures!" "I was in my... first year senior." "We had a song about our politicians." "We called them the "poor politicians"." "What do you mean, a song?" "Yes, I had a song, but... a song has to be written down, then you can sing it perfectly." "More or less, what is it about?" "It was about:" ""My land..." "In my land, there's much rain," "In my land, there's more sun," "My land is" "Ever green and lovely." "Our poor politician" "Has denied our rights..."" "And then, after we sang that song, it became a problem." "Some of our students were arrested." "Some of them were beaten to death, in a place called "Betalabiet":" "in English, they say the "White House"." "Some of them were locked up, we don't know where they are." "So that's why you had to leave for America?" "That's why I had to leave Juba, completely." "Because of the song." "Because..." "We try our best, but we always fail." "But maybe this time, we will achieve something out of this referendum." ""Yes, yes for separation!"" ""No, no, for unity!"" "From today, we are free!" "After a number of years, colonialism and oppression by the Arabs!" "Bye bye, slavery... and welcome new state of Southern Sudan!" "Peacekeepers are here to keep the peace for global interests, which are way above what any of us are doing." "Let's have a toast to the peace guys!" "Peaceful separation... and a happy New Year!" "We are the peacekeepers!" "Peace-bringers and peace-drinkers!" "Let them have a peaceful life and we will find another place of war, to go and make peace!" "Great speech!" "I am Scottish." "You say English, I'll knock you out!" "I'm Scottish!" "Are you also a pilot?" "I'm ex-air traffic controller." "Actually, I was trained also as an ex-military, navigator/bombardier." "On the simulator, I was bombing Paris, London..." "Well, this was USSR!" "You don't like the baldy touch." "Happy New Year!" "South Sudan has now formally declared its independence..." "I declare the independence of Southern Sudan!" "A Christian nation..." "It's not like Oklahoma or any other place I've been." "They don't really understand..." "The Toposas are much like the American Indians, they don't understand property ownership the way you and I do." "It's my Toposa dancing." "I guess God is just calling Texans to Sudan." "We're pretty happy here, the climate is pretty similar." "So we do well here..." "They want to sing the South Sudan national anthem." "The newest nation in the world." "Christian nation!" ""New Texas"." ""Oh god," "We praise and glorify you" "For your grace of South Sudan" "The land of great abundance" "Have all us united in peace and harmony" "Oh, great patriots..."" "I want to tell you all, that I am very proud of you." "We want to teach you about reading, writing and arithmetic." "But more importantly, we need leaders who are young men and women of God." "Who trust in God and know that he will answer your prayers." "When what I want is what God wants," "that means when I pray," "I'm praying just like Jesus prayed." "So that you believe that whatever you pray for," "God will do." "But you know what the first requirement is for God to answer your prayers?" "First you must allow him to change your heart!" "Hello, how are you?" "Good." "I am fine." " She's your neighbor?" " She lives up there." "Walker!" "Lokaliban!" "We started the house 2009." "The land belongs to the mission?" "We've got a 99-year lease." "How did the locals react to this?" "They loved it!" "Because they were able to help." "None of them were kind of, "This is our land"...?" "There were a few, because we put a fence around it." "They said, "This is where our goats want to eat"." "And I said, "I'm sorry but... now your goats would have to eat outside the fence"." ""Oh no, we were here first"." ""You were here first, but now there's a fence here, so..."" "They got over it." "He's a leader?" "What has he got in his hand?" "It's the solar-powered Bible." "You don't have the picture...?" "No, it's just audio." "You teach them how to listen to God's word." "Hey, Ma!" "Can I show you something?" "Snow!" "Nathan, show me my gun!" "I don't have it yet!" "Tell him we don't have his gun yet." "We get it near the river." "Just over there." "She's a good cook." "You seem a good cook!" "God wants to protect them." "There are all these evil forces at work here..." "And that's real, it's not imaginary, it's real!" "God spoke to me and said:" ""If you are going to stay in Sudan, you must go and pray with those children!"" "We minister to the spirit, to the body." "We bring in clothes whenever we can." "When I first started coming here, there was very little clothing out in the villages." "The kids would come, some in clothing, some naked, kind of "clothing optional"." "They just don't care." "It's for their health, I mean..." "You go 25, 40 kilometers North, 25 miles North from where we're sitting, there are people who literally have no clothes at all!" "The cultural things that we are trying to change are only the things that are against the Bible." "When I tell the story of the creation, it says:" ""At the beginning, they were naked and they were not ashamed..."" "Hold it still one more time." "See, it's solar powered." "So when the woman saw that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate." "Then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked." "Can you jump?" "Show him how you sing!" "You wanna show me how you dance?" "She is ashamed without a uniform." "Our friends are bullying us." "Because of your local dress?" "The teachers hit us when we use traditional clothes." "They are all so beaten." "They all say they were beaten... because of not having a school uniform." "When we come to school, they write our names and hit us." "They tear off our jewelry." "Explain to me what happened to your jewelry." "Down the toilet!" "It's forbidden to wear our beads." "Bang, bang, bang, they go!" "They punish us." "Have you understood?" "When you wear clothes, you look smart?" "Look, he has no school uniform." "Without a school uniform, you are not a person." "Never come here naked." "You must wear a school uniform or you will not be allowed in school." "Understood?" "It has only one fan?" "That's what you came with from Nairobi?" "No!" "From France!" "Come on, no!" "From France?" "You are landing here?" "I live in the real world." "There are many different ways of investing." "We want, when people come to Africa and make investments, we want them to do well." "We also want them to do good!" "This raises the question:" "do you believe that China is an important role model?" "It is easy - and we saw that during colonial times..." "It is easy to come in, take out natural resources, payoff leaders and leave." "We don't want to see a new colonialism in Africa." "We're interested in somebody to come do good for the community." "Like what?" "For example, you are coming to make clean water." "You are coming to make a water company, like this one." "You are coming to... to cultivate!" "To teach people." "We have a farm." "You're going to help the community, it's welcome!" "Can we make an airport?" "Airport?" "That is very good!" "Airport, you see..." "How many staff is going to work there!" "Cleaners!" "I make an airport and your people can clean it?" "Yes, my people will work on it." "They can give you the land!" "Just give it?" "Yes, they can give you a land." "Free!" "The government will take just something like... very low price." "Just to make a document." "That's not corruption, is it?" "Where is the corruption here?" "We are investing for the long run..." "Our Ambassador, we welcome you!" "We are after cooperation and development." "Americans, our dear friend brothers!" "You are ours, we are yours!" "Superpower you are!" "Thanks for your support." "Electricity is our need..." "On behalf of the people of the United States of America," "I'm delighted to congratulate the organizers of this timely event." "The Kapoeta power plant can today serve approximately 725 customers through 20 kilometers of completed electric lines." "In the future, it will be able to serve up to 900 customers as the network expands..." "Throw him out!" "In the remarks, there have been several references to light." "During the opening prayer, the Reverend Father talked about light." "The County Commissioner, in his remarks, also spoke of the importance of light." "The children sang songs of light." "Those remarks, those references to light were... literally and figuratively, appropriate." "Because today, we are, literally and figuratively, bringing light." "Are we ready?" "Everybody ready for a photograph?" "In a letter that reveals the depth of government corruption," "South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, is asking government officials to return about four billion dollars in stolen public money." "In South Sudan, the world's newest country, about ten percent of the nation's land has been sold to foreign investors." "The UN humanitarian coordinator, Liz Grande, said... the food security situation in the country is alarming." "One third of the entire population of South Sudan is food insecure and unfortunately, the situation is worsening." "My father and mother were buried here, but the place no longer belongs to us." "Now if we work a day, then... we can eat tonight." "We have no money and no food here." "Big tractors..." "The government will send machines." "This place belongs to the government." "The government is going to bring a tractor and it will demolish all these small huts." "They will eject us." "Where can we go?" "Will you bring sheets for us?" "The problem is really big." "We had a nice place on the river, and now, no more home!" "No more home?" "Near the river, we had a good place to sleep." "My baby is in the ground over there." "They just dumped it." "Her son died." "He was dumped there." "This place is dangerous for them to live inside." "Why?" "It is a place to bury people." "Give you properly..." "All of here down, it's the "zone"." "The zone for the dead." "The Gods know." "Even I give you wrong, the Gods know." "Here is a zone for the dead." "Why do you build your houses on the graveyard?" "You ask?" "We have no home!" "The company pushes us." "Corpses..." "Ten, plus one." "Eleven people." "Dead." "I am a commander of thousands of troops." "35,000 troops." "A division... all under my hand!" "And of course, he has been a lot in leadership." "He has been also a governor of Lake state and a Minister." "Now he is the deputy speaker in the South Sudan legislative assembly." "Thank you so much, Honorable, for taking your time and speaking to your people out there." "My message to our people:" "first, we are liberated." "We are no longer slaves." "We are the first class." "But the first class must work!" "If you don't work, no one can feed you." "It is written in the Bible that" ""If you don't sweat, you will not live"." "Money is in our hand, as the President said." "But your land is..." "Very fertile and very big!" "That's why some people say, when God made Sudan, he laughed:" ""What a big land, without minds to develop it!"" "It has happened." "We are not thinking." "They say, "My land, my land..."" "To do what, alone?" "We must share the land with other people who have the technology to exploit it." "There is no mechanization here, just... trees!" "Let us bring more awareness to our people, not to refuse on the land." "When we say, "This land is given to investors", they should accept it." "Then we'll have much mechanized areas of five miles." "That would be very big food!" "So they have to give the land..." "on which basis?" "Am I giving it forever?" "What will happen to future generations?" "You don't sell the land, you lease it." "Sixty is the maximum, for big things to be done." "For example, a factory." " Sixty?" " Sixty years." "Because a factory will pay it back." "You cannot sell your land, no!" "Only lease is the law." "Honorable, do you know a song, which was sung along time ago, called "My Land"?" "The song, "My Land"." "You don't know it?" "There are so many songs." "There are many songs from my battalion." "They want the national anthem." "And we will stand now!" ""Oh Lord," "We praise and glorify you" "For your grace on South Sudan..." ""Oh, great patriots..." "Let's stand up!" "Saluting our martyrs," "Whose blood..."" "Hello, chief!" ""Paramount chief!"" "I present you Hubert." "He is a friend." "The colonizers have come." "Many..." "The Turkish came, long ago." "The British, those from France," "Greeks even..." "You are from France?" "They all came here." "We never gave our land away!" "Our fathers were warriors, strong fighters!" "But now, I am in trouble." "My people think I have given away our land." "The community was accusing him that he has sold land, yet..." "I did not get a penny from America!" "Because they made a proposal." "Samuel Taban made these things with these people from the USA," "without consent from the community." "This contract will be destroyed by the people." "Liars came... and wanted to kill me out, that I have sold land." "Yet, I did not sell." "No document." "The contract?" "Signed by those people who are ministers or..." "Pagewood Drive, Dallas, Texas," "USA." "How big is the land?" " Very big." "600,000 hectares." ""NTD" has full rights to exploit all natural resources in the leased land." "This includes" " One:" "Right to develop, produce and exploit timber, forestry resources on the leased land." "It is written that... they will cut the trees on your land." "Three:" "Right to engage in agricultural activities, the cultivation of bio fuel crops and palm oil trees." "Four:" "Right to exploit, explore, develop, mine, produce and/or exploit petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbon resources." "For both local and export markets, for 75,000 Sudanese pounds, equivalent to approximately" "US$ 25,000." "Did you know what it means?" "He asks if you understood the document?" "I did not know the document." "They said, "Give me this!"" "They just told you, "Sign"!" ""You are the last, you sign!"" "Did they explain you why to sign?" "They don't explain, but they said they will "come to the contract... for the development."" "They say you have to sign to have development?" "Sounds like bombings." "War!" "Did you fight yourself?" " Did you fight?" " Yes!" "Twenty-one years." "We were fighting with the Arabs." "The Arabs..." "What did they want?" "The Arabs?" "They were cheating us!" "They wanted to take our land, to be theirs." "we want to attract investment in our newborn nation." "When you come and invest in a place like this, make sure that you are going to do development for the country." "It's not about..." "It's not about coming to make a big buck quickly." "It's about developing the country." "And the consequence of that is you will make a big buck, let me tell you that." "I'm not a businessman for nothing!" "South Sudan is a country that desperately needs help." "And it's not something to be ashamed of to make a profit at the same time." "South Sudan is one of the oil producing areas in Africa." "It is also one of the mineral producing areas in Africa." "Put it differently," ""The bird that wakes up early is the one that normally has the opportunity to pick the grasshopper or the moth!"" "Most of the arable land left on the planet is in Africa." "More and more, the world will look to Africa to be its bread basket." "And I hope it is Africans who will profit from becoming the world's bread basket." "And because of our..." "link to the SPLA (army), we have an arms-license, we mentor and train them." "A lot of them are very uneducated because they went into the bush at the age of 14, so we're trying to bring them on." "The "South Sudan Business Council"" "was set up by Brigadier James Ellery and he was UN director here in 2007 and knows the country very much." "We have tried to get hold of the Minister of Defense, but they've been busy..." "Battalion-level camp:" "complete camp with electricity, ablution system, mess hall for dining... the profile of a missile or rocket being fired and then it's a question about not interfering with the pilot's work because he's flying." "So you, as a pilot, will not notice..." "The system makes sure that you are not hit by a missile." "How does it work?" "just to protect presidential planes, VIP planes and live with us, and feel this is your second home, like our Minister said:" "we want to be part of you." "We want to be growing with you." "I would hope that people would embrace a philosophy that native Americans have:" "Nobody owns any of this." "We just borrow it for our lifespan." "And we should give it back in abetter condition than we got it in." "If people viewed South Sudan that way, then this would be right for the South Sudanese, and it would be right for the investors." "Because it's completely win-win." "...areal bombardments near the border, as well as in Darfur." "The world's newest nation is preparing for war." "Thousands of soldiers are on the new border." "This is over oil and land Encouraging peace and reconciliation." "However, after several attempts to stop Khartoum from stealing our oil, we don't want it to be flowing into the pockets of others." "It must flow to us, in South Sudan!" "It is a war that is being imposed on us again." "I said many times that I don't want to take you back to war, but... they are looking for it!" "Did you know... that the moon belongs to the white man?"