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| A lot of the cases involved peacekeepers in CAR and DR Congo AFP |
Allegations of sexual
exploitation or sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers have increased,
according to a new UN report.
Media
report continues:
There
were 69 claims last year, compared with 52 in 2014.
They're
alleged to involve military personnel, international police, other staff and
volunteers at 10 missions.
And
they're mostly from African countries, namely Cameroon, Congo, Tanzania,
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Rwanda,
Ghana, Madagascar and Senegal.
Almost
a third of the claims in 2015 were made in the Central African
Republic.
The report calls for
on-site courtmartials and a DNA database of all peacekeepers.
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