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| Subject: UN peacekeepers sexually abused minors as young as 11: official Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:47 pm | |
| The UN mission in the Central African Republic has been hit by 13 cases of alleged sexual abuse by its peacekeepers, including nine that involve underage victims as young as 11, an official said Thursday.
"The sharp rise in cases reported in the last three months is of concern," said Diane Corner, the deputy chief at the country's MINUSCA mission.
Corner told reporters via video conference from the capital Bangui that the alleged victims in the nine cases involving minors are of "a range of ages. The youngest is 11."
The 12,000-strong MINUSCA force, which took over from an African Union mission nearly a year ago, has been plagued by a series of allegations of rape and other misconduct by its troops.
That led UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week to fire the mission chief, Babacar Gaye of Senegal, declaring "enough is enough."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/29313077/un-peacekeepers-sexually-abused-minors-as-young-as-11-official/ |
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