U.N. peacekeepers accused of abuse
The United Nations is investigating allegations of widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of Moroccan peacekeepers serving in Ivory Coast and has summoned Rabat’s diplomats to respond, U.N. officials said.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the investigation involved Moroccan soldiers having sex with a large number of underage girls. The world body took the highly unusual step of confining the entire battalion of 800 troops to barracks in the rebel stronghold of Bouake.
The Moroccan U.N. mission had no immediate response to the allegations.
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