he United Nations is investigating fresh allegations of sexual abuse in Central African Republic, where peacekeepers have been hit with numerous charges of sexual abuse over the past year, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
“A team from the Republic of Congo arrived in the country to investigate recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against their troops,” Reuters quoted Farhan Haq as saying to reporters.
He offered no details on the allegations.
Another UN official told Reuters that some of the new allegations involved minors.
Earlier this month the UN peacekeeping mission for CAR said it had identified seven new cases of sexual abuse by its troops, including women and girls Human Rights Watch (HRW) said were raped or gang raped.
The mission’s previous head, Babacar Gaye, resigned amid sexual abuse allegations by peacekeepers last August.
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