UN suspends some peacekeepers in Congo, denounces sexual abuse

A Congolese police officer stands guard near internally displaced people gathered during the visit of a delegation of the U.N. Security Council at the Bushagara site near Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended some of its peacekeepers in response to reports of serious misconduct, it said in a statement, adding that it had zero tolerance for "sexual exploitation and abuse".

It did not say how many peacekeepers were suspended or give details of the accusations against them.