Child Sex Abuse By Un Troops

UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Niger and Senegal are accused of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic, a UN official said Friday.

The United Nations was rebuked for a "gross" failure to act on allegations that French and African troops sexually abused children in the Central African Republic, in a report by an independent panel released Thursday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon today moved to set up an independent external review of how the United Nations handled allegations of sexual abuse of children by French and African troops in the Central African Republic.

UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Niger and Senegal are accused of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic, a UN official said Friday.

The United Nations was rebuked for a "gross" failure to act on allegations that French and African troops sexually abused children in the Central African Republic, in a report by an independent panel released Thursday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon today moved to set up an independent external review of how the United Nations handled allegations of sexual abuse of children by French and African troops in the Central African Republic.