More than 100 victims have come forward in the Central African Republic with appalling new accounts of sexual abuse, including bestiality, by UN peacekeepers and French troops, the United Nations said Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “shocked to the core” by the allegations that emerged after a UN team traveled to south-central Kemo prefecture to interview the women and girls.
“We must face the fact that a number of troops sent to protect people instead acted with hearts of darkness,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
UN rights officers have so far interviewed 108 alleged victims, “the vast majority” of whom are under-age girls who were raped, sexually abused or exploited by foreign troops, he said. Full story...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “shocked to the core” by the allegations that emerged after a UN team traveled to south-central Kemo prefecture to interview the women and girls.
“We must face the fact that a number of troops sent to protect people instead acted with hearts of darkness,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
UN rights officers have so far interviewed 108 alleged victims, “the vast majority” of whom are under-age girls who were raped, sexually abused or exploited by foreign troops, he said. Full story...
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