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UNICEF on Wednesday became the third U.N. agency in less than 48-hours to begin an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as claims of rape by U.N. workers threaten to engulf the globalist organization. The children’s fund said it was “appalled that people who identify as UNICEF workers have reportedly committed abuse against vulnerable women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” It added that once the internal inquiry is complete, “There will be serious consequences for any staff who have been found to have sexually abused people.

KINSHASA, March 22 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Congo evacuated more than 450 civilians from part of the capital Kinshasa on Thursday after gunbattles between a former rebel faction and government troops, a senior U.N. official said. "So far we have evacuated 450 people," the official from the U.N. mission in Congo (MONUC) told Reuters, asking not to be named. The civilians -- some of them injured -- were taken in armoured personnel carriers to MONUC's headquarters in Kinshasa. Gunfire and explosions rang out for much of the day as armed followers of former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba battled government...