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1st LD: UN peacekeeping mission chief in CAR resigns over allegations of abuse

Xinhua, August 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The head of UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR) has resigned after latest allegations of abuse by peacekeepers, said UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon here on Wednesday.

Babacar Gaye of Senegal "tendered his resignation at my request, " Ban told reporters, saying he is "anguished, angered and ashamed " by recurrent reports over the years of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN forces.

"I believe the disturbing number of allegations we have seen in many countries -- but particularly in the Central African Republic in the period before UN peacekeepers were deployed and since -- speaks to the need to take action now," said Ban.

The UN chief's statement comes a day after international rights organization Amnesty International said they had evidence which strongly suggested that UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic had raped a 12-year-old girl and apparently indiscriminately killed a 16-year-old boy and his father. Endite