UN probing 150 allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in DRC
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The United Nations has launched investigations into about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by its civilian and military peacekeeping personnel in the Democratic Republic
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan says there is clear evidence UN staff sexually abused refugees in DR Congo.
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The UN calls for an independent investigation into reports of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
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The United Nations is investigating  allegations that Indian peacekeepers in Congo traded food and  even military intelligence with Rwandan Hutu rebels in return  for gold, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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The investigative arm of the U.N. mission in Congo has opened an inquiry into allegations that Indian peacekeepers serving in this central African nation were smuggling gold, a spokesman said Friday.
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The UN says it will discuss the issue of child abuse by UN troops, following allegations uncovered by the BBC.
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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.
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A witness has told a Rwandan commission French troops raped women fleeing militia gangs during the African country's 1994 genocide, the latest in a string of allegations against France from Kigali.
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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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UNITED NATIONS -- A senior UN official yesterday called sexual abuse a ``cancer" in the Democratic Republic of Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.
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Congolese forces used excessive force in fierce street battles in Kinshasa last March during which around 300 people were killed, including civilians, a United Nations human rights investigation concluded on Friday.
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The UN Human Rights Council agrees to send a team to investigate abuses in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.
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More than 50 percent of children in refugee camps around Africa's volatile Great Lakes area have experienced some form of sexual abuse, a humanitarian group said in report Monday.
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UN humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland says sexual abuse in the DR Congo has become "a cancer".
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The United Nations has suspended a Moroccan peacekeeping unit in Ivory Coast after an internal investigation into allegations of &quot;sexual exploitation and abuse&quot; by some of its soldiers.
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The United Nations Security Council yesterday condemned the massacre of at least 150 Congolese refugees at a UN camp in Burundi and demanded that those responsible be brought to justice &quot;without delay.&quot; The council met in emergency session at France's request to denounce the Friday night attack at the camp in Gatumba. A statement approved by the 15 council members ...
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (24/11/04) - The UN is investigating some 150 allegations of sexual abuse by its civilian staff and soldiers serving as peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some offenses allegedly recorded on videotape.