Posted on 08/19/2015 10:15:52 AM PDT by george76
United Nations officials have received new disturbing allegations that peacekeepers in the Central African Republic sexually abused three young women -- the latest claims targeting the scandal-tainted UN mission.
UN spokeswoman Vannina Maestracci told reporters on Wednesday that the events took place in recent weeks.. These new allegations concern a report that three young females were raped by three members of a MINUSCA military contingent..
One of the alleged victims is a minor.
Maestracci declined to name the nationality of the troops, but sources said they were from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week fired MINUSCA's mission chief, declaring "enough is enough" after a string of allegations of child sex abuse and other misconduct by the 12,000-strong force.
Ban has denounced sexual abuse in UN peacekeeping as a "cancer in our system."
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MINUSCA is also investigating allegations of rape by troops from Morocco and Burundi.
Ban in June appointed a review panel led by former Canadian Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps to look into how the UN handled separate allegations that French and African troops sexually abused children in the Central African Republic beginning in late 2013.
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A perenniel perk of for being a UN peacekeeper. They are permitted to get peaces here and there.
Your cannibal peacekeepers are here, children.
When they put Congolese soldiers in charge, what exactly do they think is going to happen?
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