Two French soldiers have been arrested over allegations of child sex
abuse in Burkina Faso.
Associated Press reports it is the second case of
alleged sexual abuse of minors by French soldiers in Africa to surface in
recent months. French officials have said the Burkina Faso case is unrelated to
the earlier one, in Central African Republic, involving different soldiers.
Paris prosecutors' spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre
said the two soldiers were detained Thursday upon their return to France from
Burkina Faso. The French military has said the alleged abuse happened recently,
and judicial authorities in Burkina Faso were also informed.
France
has troops in Burkina Faso and nearby countries as part of a large force
fighting extremists in the region.
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