SA soldiers amongst worst sexual offenders on UN missions- report

Johannesburg - A United Nations report has revealed that South African soldiers are the worst sexual offenders on UN peacekeeping missions.

This comes as the UN faced controversy over allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers deployed to the Central African Republic.

The UN Office of Internal Oversight Services report, which was released last week, focused on sexual offences committed by peacekeepers on peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan and South Sudan, Liberia and Haiti.

The Times reported that South Africa has about 2 000 troops stationed in the DRC, Sudan and South Sudan.