DRC: The United Nations is investigating allegations that its peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo committed sexual abuses, a UN spokesman said yesterday.
He declined to give details of the investigation but aid workers based in Congo's violence-torn east said the inquiry was focusing on Indian UN peacekeepers accused of paying for sex with underage girls.
"There are allegations and independent services are working on them," said Kemal Saiki, spokesman for the UN mission in Congo.
He said the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services was investigating the alleged incidents in North Kivu province, where UN troops have been policing a shaky ceasefire between rival rebel and militia factions and government troops.
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- (Reuters)