Africa: NGOs Urge Commission of Inquiry to Probe Sexual Abuse in UN Peacekeeping

United Nations — A rising tide of sexual abuse in U.N. peacekeeping operations has triggered the launch of a high-level campaign to end the continued attacks on women and children and an urgent call for the creation of an independent commission of inquiry.

The latest "horrible" sexual attacks have been attributed to French peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) although U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said they were "not under the command and control of the United Nations."

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