UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping
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The United Nations is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
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The NZ Herald has the story.  More coverage can be found by performing a Google News search for "un congo sex abuse".    Details of the story include the fact that over 150 counts by at least 30 staff members are being investigated, and that this isn't the first time that the U.N. has been so accused.
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The special prosecutor charged with probing decades-old human rights abuses allegedly committed by the government said Thursday he plans to charge more than 50 people this year with involvement in the nation's so-called "dirty war."
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UNITED NATIONS  - The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday increasing the UN peacekeeping force in Congo by 5,900 troops and international police - less than half the amount requested by Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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Â· 200 British suspects among 700 worldwide Â· 31 children rescued from abuse
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - Verdicts are expected Monday for seven men facing sex abuse charges on Pitcairn Island. The charges include 14 counts of rape, 37 of indecent assault and two of gross indecency.
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U.N. observers encountered what they believed to be about 100 Rwandan troops in eastern Congo, a U.N. official said Wednesday, marking the first reported U.N. sightings since Rwanda threatened to send in its forces against Rwanda Hutu rebels sheltering here.
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Governments and rebel groups  found to be forcing children into combat or sexual slavery  should be punished if they fail to stem the abuses, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.
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A UN investigation has found clear evidence that UN peacekeepers and civilian staff in Congo are guilty of sexual abuse and Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he is &quot;absolutely outraged&quot; by it.
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A Marine drill instructor has been charged with 225 criminal counts connected to abusing recruits, a Marines spokesman said Thursday.
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More than 150 rebels were killed when  U.N. peacekeepers fought off a rebel offensive in east Congo  last week, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the heavy  losses had led to surrenders among the divided insurgents.
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U.N. investigators have found a mass grave in an army camp in Congo's eastern Ituri district holding around 30 victims, including women and children, who appeared to have been executed, a spokesman said on Friday.
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The United Nations is investigating  reports that Rwandan soldiers carried out human rights abuses  against civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo last month, a  spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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A U.N. internal investigative unit has found an unexpected amount of fraud and abuse in some 250 cases currently underway, including alleged sexual and financial offenses.
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A UN report on human rights abuses during Ivory Coast&#39;s civil war includes a secret annex naming 200 people who could face UN sanctions
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A senior U.N. official on Friday  called sexual abuse a "cancer" in the Democratic Republic of  the Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to  condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.
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The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating reports that Rwandan soldiers were responsible for violations of human rights in the east of the country last month.