First soldiers on trial in C. Africa sex abuse scandal

AFP English
AFP English
  • 8 years ago
The first soldiers to face justice in the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the UN and France went on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday. The three Congolese men from the UN's MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic wore blue prison gear as they appeared before the tribunal in Ndolo, a military prison north of the capital Kinshasa.

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