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French Soldiers Accused Of Raping And Abusing Refugee Children In CAR by osystein(m): 12:41am On Apr 30, 2015
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File: A French soldier is pictured in the Central African Republic

French soldiers working as peacekeepers for the UN in the Central African Republic have been accused of raping and abusing desperately poor young children in exchange for food.,

According to an alleged internal report seen by The Guardian entitled Sexual Abuse on Children by International Armed Forces, children told human rights investigators they were sexually exploited, including rape and sodomy, in the capital Bangui in early 2014.

One nine-year-old boy reportedly described how French soldiers at a camp for internally displaced people forced him and his friend to perform a sex act when they went to look for food.

The leaking of the alleged report via the advocacy group Aids Free World comes as the UN Security Council approved maintaining the international force in the Central African Republic for another year.

In March it approved measures to provide an additional 1,000 personnel to the 12,000-strong peacekeeping force, which has been tasked with protecting the most vulnerable since it was set up in late 2013 following an unprecedented surge in violence between Christians and Muslims.

But besides the potential implications in the country for the report on abused children, it also threatens to cause a diplomatic row in Europe after a senior UN aid worker was suspended for allegedly passing it on to the French authorities.

Anders Kompass, a Swedish international, has been told “it was his duty to know and comply” with UN protocols that meant the report should have remained confidential, the Guardian reported.

An investigation by the French into allegations “of a very serious nature” is reportedly under way in the Central African Republic, while a spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed to The Guardian that a probe into “the leaking of confidential information by a staff member” was ongoing.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/french-soldiers-accused-of-raping-and-abusing-refugee-children-in-central-african-republic-in-exchange-for-food-in-leaked-un-report-10213197.html
Re: French Soldiers Accused Of Raping And Abusing Refugee Children In CAR by Nobody: 1:33am On Apr 30, 2015
These imperialist are the scum of the world.


Either they stop their evil and genocide or the will eventually reap what they sow.


I wonder if they gonna make a cartoon about this also?

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Re: French Soldiers Accused Of Raping And Abusing Refugee Children In CAR by Angelou(m): 5:21am On Apr 30, 2015
FP worthy post
Re: French Soldiers Accused Of Raping And Abusing Refugee Children In CAR by thoth: 6:59am On Apr 30, 2015
GenBuhari:
These imperialist are the scum of the world.


Either they stop their evil and genocide or the will eventually reap what they sow.


I wonder if they gonna make a cartoon about this also?
All they will ever reap is profits and more profits , better life for there people and more economic and military power as a result.
Aren't we surprised that Africans are dying to go to a smaller country with less mineral resources than their home country, bad weather, bad soil, bad people, bad foods, bad air and BAD INTENTIONS ? please compare France to Nigeria in terms of mineral resources, land mass,available agrarian land, human resources, weather and ecological quality, better foods etc.
Re: French Soldiers Accused Of Raping And Abusing Refugee Children In CAR by thoth: 7:00am On Apr 30, 2015
Angelou:
FP worthy post
You will never see this in the front page, it's only tribalist and non educative posts that makes front page.

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