CAR: Four allegations of sex abuse by UN peacekeepers confirmed


Four new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving peacekeepers in the Central African Republic were confirmed by the United Nations on Tuesday.

It's the latest in a series of allegations of sexual abuse made against blue helmets, UN police and other foreign nationals over the past two years.

These fresh allegations surfaced after the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA, sought to actively engage communities within CAR, to encourage victims to come forward.

The UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq said: "According to initial information received by the Mission from humanitarian partners on 11 February and in keeping with the Mission's policy of full transparency, these four allegations involve peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The victims, four minors, were all residents of the Ngakobo camp for internally displaced persons in Ouaka prefecture and were allegedly sexually exploited and abused by peacekeepers between 2014 and 2015."


The government of CAR has been given ten days to convey its intention to investigate, failing which the UN will conduct its own probe.



SOURCE: UN Radio