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Perverts and paedophiles in uniform: French
troops have been accused of child abuse in CAR and Burkina Faso
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France has suspended two of its
soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children in Burkina Faso.
One
of the alleged victims was a five-year-old girl whose father found a camera
containing images of his daughter being sexually abused, report AFP news
agency.
It
comes after another abuse scandal involving French soldiers.
A
leaked UN report claimed 16
French peacekeepers abused children in the Central African Republic.
"This
is an army that confronts [such accusations] head on," the army's chief of
staff, General Jean-Pierre Bosser told AFP news agency.
French
military police are travelling to the country to investigate, alongside the
local police.
The
French army has come under criticism for being slow to react to previous child
abuse claims in Central African Republic.
There
have been a number of sex scandals involving UN peacekeepers recently, with one UN report saying the
peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people.
About
3,000 French soldiers are stationed in five countries in the region - Mali,
Chad, Mauritania and Niger as well as Burkina Faso - in an anti-terrorism
operation and the UN currently has about 125,000 peacekeepers deployed in a
number of countries around the world.
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