UN chief orders external probe into child sex abuse claims

June 04, 2015 01:44

The UN chief today ordered an external investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic, saying the world body hopes to ensure it "does not fail the victims of sexual abuse, especially when committed by those who are meant to protect them."

A year after the UN first heard accounts by children as young as 9 of French soldiers giving them food or water in exchange for sodomy or oral sex, no arrests have been made.

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