UN accuses Cameroon soldiers of sexual abuses

Criticized for the poor handling of sexual abuse cases, the United Nations adopted on Friday a resolution against soldiers suspected of abusing women and children. The UN action involves the repatriation to their countries of such soldiers.

In a recent report, the UN strongly condemns the increase in sexual abuse cases recorded in 2015. The world body recognizes that last year, 69 cases of sexual abuse were committed by its peacekeepers particularly in Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

21 countries were indexed among them, the DRC (7 cases), Morocco and South Africa (4 cases). Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, Rwanda and Tanzania, (3 cases each). Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Gabon, (2 cases each). Germany, Ghana, Madagascar, Moldova, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Slovakia, Togo, (one case each).

Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, says there has been a significant increase from the 2014 statistics of 52 cases, 2013 (66), while 2015 shows 69 cases. 38 cases of sexual abuse (55%) were reported in two of the 16 UN peace-keeping missions in the world: 22 in Central African Republic and 16 in DRC. In 19 of the cases in the Central African Republic, the victims were minors.