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              UN: More Peacekeepers Suspected of Sex Abuse in CAR

   by VOA News

   The United Nations said Tuesday that troops from another contingent of
   its Central African Republic peacekeeping force were suspected of
   sexually abusing children.

   U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric would not name the troops' country of
   origin.  But he said that "if the allegations are substantiated, this
   would constitute a grave violation of U.N. principles."

   Fourteen French soldiers are already being investigated for allegedly
   abusing children in the C.A.R. last year.

   According to witnesses, hungry children who approached the soldiers
   guarding a refugee camp were given food and water in exchange for sex.

   Troops from Chad and Equatorial Guinea are also under suspicion for
   similar abuse.

   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed an independent panel this
   week to investigate how U.N. officials handled the allegations of sex
   abuse.

   France sent troops to the C.A.R., a former French colony, in 2013 to
   restore calm after Islamic rebels took control of the capital, sparking
   violence between Muslims and Christians.

   French President Francois Hollande has said he "will show no mercy" to
   any French soldier guilty of sexually abusing children.
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