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| French soldiers suspended over Burkina child sex claims | French soldiers suspended over Burkina child sex claims |
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| France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children in Burkina Faso. | France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children in Burkina Faso. |
| One of the alleged victims was a five-year-old girl whose father found a camera containing images of his daughter being sexually abused, report AFP news agency. | One of the alleged victims was a five-year-old girl whose father found a camera containing images of his daughter being sexually abused, report AFP news agency. |
| It comes after another abuse scandal involving French soldiers. | It comes after another abuse scandal involving French soldiers. |
| A leaked UN report claimed 16 French peacekeepers abused children in the Central African Republic. | |
| "This is an army that confronts [such accusations] head on," the army's chief of staff, General Jean-Pierre Bosser told AFP news agency. | "This is an army that confronts [such accusations] head on," the army's chief of staff, General Jean-Pierre Bosser told AFP news agency. |
| French military police are travelling to the country to investigate, alongside the local police. | French military police are travelling to the country to investigate, alongside the local police. |
| The French army has come under criticism for being slow to react to previous child abuse claims in Central African Republic. | The French army has come under criticism for being slow to react to previous child abuse claims in Central African Republic. |
| There have been a number of sex scandals involving UN peacekeepers recently, with one UN report saying the peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people. | |
| About 3,000 French soldiers are stationed in five countries in the region - Mali, Chad, Mauritania and Niger as well as Burkina Faso - in an anti-terrorism operation and the UN currently has about 125,000 peacekeepers deployed in a number of countries around the world. | |
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