U.N. says new sex abuse allegations against peacekeepers in Congo


  • World
  • Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) stand guard in a formation following recent demonstrations in Beni in North Kivu province, October 23, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday it had received new allegations of sexual abuse against its soldiers.

The United Nations announced earlier this month that it was investigating accusations that Tanzanian peacekeepers based in northeastern Congo had sexually abused and exploited five women and six girls, leaving them all pregnant.

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