UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Central African Republic (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). The Central African Republic reached an important milestone in February with the conclusion of largely peaceful presidential elections ... In December at least eight people were killed at Ngakobo camp, Ouaka province, when it was attacked by Seleka fighters from the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) ... Eleven of these cases occurred in and around the M'Poko displacement camp ... (noodl....

Rape victims, 'peacekeeper babies' suffer amid growing UN sex abuse scandal

Edit Stars and Stripes 28 Feb 2016
BANGUI, Central African Republic — The neighborhood is a patchwork of low-slung buildings scorched and looted at the height of the civil war, a place where the United Nations was supposed to come to the rescue ... troops who abused or exploited them ... U.N ... U.N ... This month, they said they were investigating the cases of four girls who were allegedly exploited or abused at a camp for internally displaced persons in central Ouaka prefecture ... ....

UN mission in Central African Republic aims to ensure victims of alleged abuse receive help

Edit Topix 24 Feb 2016
The victims, four minors, were all residents of the Ngakobo camp for internally displaced persons in Ouaka prefecture and were allegedly sexually exploited and abused by peacekeepers between 2014 and 2015 ... ....

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General (UN - United ...

Edit Public Technologies 23 Feb 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations). The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon. **Burundi. The Secretary-General was in Burundi this morning where met with President Pierre Nkurunziza ... **Democratic Republic of the Congo ... **Turkey ... Mr ... They will proceed to replace the troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Bambari, in Ouaka prefecture....

UN confirms 4 new sex abuse allegations in Central African Republic

Edit Stars and Stripes 17 Feb 2016
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said Tuesday it has confirmed four new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against minors by U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic ... The four minors lived in the Ngakobo displaced persons camp in central Ouaka prefecture, and they were allegedly sexually abused and exploited in 2014 and 2015, he said. The U.N ... ....

4 New Sex Abuse Allegations In the Central African Republic

Edit Time Magazine 17 Feb 2016
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday it has confirmed four new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against minors by U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic ... The four minors lived in the Ngakobo displaced persons camp in central Ouaka prefecture, and they were allegedly sexually abused and exploited in 2014 and 2015, he said ...   ....

U.N. asks Congo to investigate new Central Africa abuse allegations

Edit Yahoo Daily News 16 Feb 2016
peacekeepers. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said the latest four victims were "residents of the Ngakobo camp for internally displaced persons in Ouaka prefecture and were allegedly sexually exploited and abused by peacekeepers between 2014 and 2015.". He said the U.N. mission in Central African Republic was working to ensure the victims have "access to appropriate medical and psycho-social assistance." ... The U.N ... The U.N ... 25....

UN peacekeepers accused of sex abuse in Central Africa

Edit Press TV 16 Feb 2016
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic ... UN officials received information about the allegations from aid groups on February 11 who reported that the four minors were living at Ngakobo camp, in the Ouaka prefecture of the Central African Republic ... ....

Eight women and girls raped by UN peacekeepers in CAR: Rights group

Edit The Oslo Times 07 Feb 2016
Feb 7, Nairobi. United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October and December 2015 ...Sending peacekeepers back home is not enough ... A battalion of approximately 800 soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo is deployed to Bambari and other towns in Ouaka province ... “There were three of them on me. They were armed ... The Oslo Times ....
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UN troops 'abused at least eight women and girls' in Central African Republic

Edit The Guardian 04 Feb 2016
Human Rights Watch accuses peacekeepers of further acts of sex abuse last year including the rape of a 14-year-old ... Related. UN finds more cases of child abuse by European troops in CAR ... There are about 800 DRC soldiers in Bambari and elsewhere in the Ouaka province of CAR, and last year between September and December a small contingent of peacekeepers from the Republic of Congo were also deployed to protect the airport ... They were armed....

Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Feb 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). (Nairobi) - United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October and December 2015 ... 'Sending peacekeepers back home is not enough ... A battalion of approximately 800 soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo is deployed to Bambari and other towns in Ouaka province ... 'There were three of them on me. They were armed ... Case 1....

Final provisional results for legislative polls in CAR announced

Edit The Oslo Times 14 Jan 2016
Jan 14, Bangui ...The Mission continues to reinforce security in Ouaka Prefecture, with illegal ex-Séléka barricades dismantled and several weapons seized,” the Spokesperson added. “In Dekoa, peacekeepers secured the release of one of two teachers who had been abducted.” ... The Mission also registered 22 new anti-Balaka fighters and collected a number of weapons in Bambari in Ouaka prefecture ... Dujarric....

Final provisional results for legislative polls in Central African Republic announced – UN mission

Edit United Nations 13 Jan 2016
Print ...The Mission continues to reinforce security in Ouaka Prefecture, with illegal ex-Séléka barricades dismantled and several weapons seized,” the Spokesperson added. “In Dekoa, peacekeepers secured the release of one of two teachers who had been abducted.” ... The Mission also registered 22 new anti-Balaka fighters and collected a number of weapons in Bambari in Ouaka prefecture ... Dujarric ... News Tracker. past stories on this issue....
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