UN Troops Raping Sudanese Children
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NGOs says the rampant child abuse by UN personnel in southern Sudan is becoming "common".
CAIRO — Members of the UN Mission in Southern Sudan (UNMIS) are involved in raping Sudanese children as young as 12,, Britain's Daily Telegraph revealed on Wednesday, January 3, citing a UNICEF report and painful testimonies from the victims.
"Evidence suggests that UNMIS staff may already be involved in sexual exploitation," according to an internal report of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
UN personnel in the regional capital, Juba, have been having sex with children as young as 12, it added.
"UN cars have been staying into the early hours of the morning, as late as 6am, at a restaurant/disco called Kololo in Juba.
"Adult informants reported seeing a UNMIS car stop along a main road in Juba to pick up three young girls," read the report.
The British daily said abuse began nearly two years ago shortly after UNMIS arrived in March 2005.
It added that the Khartoum government has gathered evidence, including video footage of Bangladeshi UN workers having sex with three young girls.
There are more than 11,000 UN peacekeepers and policeman from some 70 countries in southern Sudan, enforcing a January 2005 peace agreement that ended a 21-year civil war.
Common
The Daily Telegraph gathered accounts from 20 victims in Juba detailing their abuse ordeals.
"I was sitting by the river the first time it happened," said 14-year old Jonas, describing the way he was abused.
Jonas said a UNMIS member abducted him in a car and blindfolded him.
"It was painful and went on for a long time," said the Sudanese child.
"When it was over we went back to the place we had been, and he pushed me out of the car and left."
Other children interviewed described almost identical episodes.
One boy, 13, reported being enticed into a UN car with the offer of cash and then abused before being dumped without any payment.
Similar testimonies have been gathered by NGOs and rights groups in the region who described children abuse by UN troops as "common".
"According to Kennedy Tombe, 23, a shoe shiner in Kony Konyo Market, the issue of young girls being picked up by UNMIS cars during late hours in Juba is common," said a preliminary report for a leading NGO in the region.
"One time, he stated, he was chatting with friends of his own in Kosti area near Konyo Konyo Market – they saw a UNMIS vehicle drop three girls off."
Disturbing
Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali Sadek described the accusations as "very disturbing."
The report had a "negative effect on the Sudanese who had the idea that the United Nations is present in their country to help bring peace here," he said.
"We reject such behavior, which seems to accompany UN forces on some of their missions."
UN peacekeepers have been accused of sexual abuse in world hotspots such as Congo, Haiti and Liberia.
The UN admits investigating abuse allegations against 316 of its personnel since January 2004, 179 of whom have been disciplined.
"If these reports are verified, it would be a big letdown by the United Nations," said the Sudanese diplomat.
The UN is pressing Sudan to admit thousands more peacekeepers to its western Darfur region to stop alleged wide spread rape.
Khartoum denies the rape reports, insisting that the people of Darfur are Muslim and, therefore, incapable of rape.
IslamOnline.net & Newspapers
NGOs says the rampant child abuse by UN personnel in southern Sudan is becoming "common".
CAIRO — Members of the UN Mission in Southern Sudan (UNMIS) are involved in raping Sudanese children as young as 12,, Britain's Daily Telegraph revealed on Wednesday, January 3, citing a UNICEF report and painful testimonies from the victims.
"Evidence suggests that UNMIS staff may already be involved in sexual exploitation," according to an internal report of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
UN personnel in the regional capital, Juba, have been having sex with children as young as 12, it added.
"UN cars have been staying into the early hours of the morning, as late as 6am, at a restaurant/disco called Kololo in Juba.
"Adult informants reported seeing a UNMIS car stop along a main road in Juba to pick up three young girls," read the report.
The British daily said abuse began nearly two years ago shortly after UNMIS arrived in March 2005.
It added that the Khartoum government has gathered evidence, including video footage of Bangladeshi UN workers having sex with three young girls.
There are more than 11,000 UN peacekeepers and policeman from some 70 countries in southern Sudan, enforcing a January 2005 peace agreement that ended a 21-year civil war.
Common
The Daily Telegraph gathered accounts from 20 victims in Juba detailing their abuse ordeals.
"I was sitting by the river the first time it happened," said 14-year old Jonas, describing the way he was abused.
Jonas said a UNMIS member abducted him in a car and blindfolded him.
"It was painful and went on for a long time," said the Sudanese child.
"When it was over we went back to the place we had been, and he pushed me out of the car and left."
Other children interviewed described almost identical episodes.
One boy, 13, reported being enticed into a UN car with the offer of cash and then abused before being dumped without any payment.
Similar testimonies have been gathered by NGOs and rights groups in the region who described children abuse by UN troops as "common".
"According to Kennedy Tombe, 23, a shoe shiner in Kony Konyo Market, the issue of young girls being picked up by UNMIS cars during late hours in Juba is common," said a preliminary report for a leading NGO in the region.
"One time, he stated, he was chatting with friends of his own in Kosti area near Konyo Konyo Market – they saw a UNMIS vehicle drop three girls off."
Disturbing
Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali Sadek described the accusations as "very disturbing."
The report had a "negative effect on the Sudanese who had the idea that the United Nations is present in their country to help bring peace here," he said.
"We reject such behavior, which seems to accompany UN forces on some of their missions."
UN peacekeepers have been accused of sexual abuse in world hotspots such as Congo, Haiti and Liberia.
The UN admits investigating abuse allegations against 316 of its personnel since January 2004, 179 of whom have been disciplined.
"If these reports are verified, it would be a big letdown by the United Nations," said the Sudanese diplomat.
The UN is pressing Sudan to admit thousands more peacekeepers to its western Darfur region to stop alleged wide spread rape.
Khartoum denies the rape reports, insisting that the people of Darfur are Muslim and, therefore, incapable of rape.
that means i'm not the only one that's good 
but Sudan is the largest country in Africa and there talking about a whole different region in Sudan where these cowardly acts were done by ''some'' UN troops and not darfur, these incidents happend in the South