The UN said on Thursday its staff had learned that a French soldier had sexually abused a teenage girl in the Central African Republic, who became pregnant and gave birth.
“This is the latest in a series of appalling allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by foreign troops in CAR,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement.
The UN workers in the country learned on August 30 that a girl was allegedly sexually abused around a year ago by soldier from the French military force, known as Sangaris, the United Nations rights office said.
The girl, who is believed to have been in her mid to late teens at the time of the alleged abuse, gave birth to a child in April, it said, adding that the victim has lodged a paternity case with the local authorities.
