France's Hollande vows no mercy to soldiers if African child abuse proven


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  • Thursday, 30 Apr 2015

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech after a defence council meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande vowed on Thursday to make an example of any French troops found guilty of child sex abuse in Central African Republic as a judicial source said as many as 14 could be implicated.

The allegations, which came to light this week when Britain's Guardian newspaper published extracts of an internal U.N. report, risks damaging the reputation of France's peacekeeping operations in Africa.

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