https://freerepublic.com/tag/centlafricanrepublic/ en-us Thu, 7 May 2015 16:30:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3287327/posts The “U.N. hierarchy” rejected French efforts to hear from the author of U.N. report alleging that French soldiers sexually abused six children in the Central African Republic, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Thursday. The revelation accompanied word that French authorities had opened a formal judicial inquiry into the case that the Paris prosecutors’ office knew about in July, but was made public only last week following a report in a British newspaper, the Guardian. Independent judges will now take over the case from the prosecutor’s office, an acknowledgment of the seriousness and complexity of the accusations that have sparked international... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3287327/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2015 16:30:30 GMT