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| UN's CAR envoy Gaye sacked over peacekeeper abuse claims | |
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| The UN envoy to Central African Republic (CAR), Babacar Gaye, has been sacked amid multiple allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. | |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters that he had requested his resignation. | |
| It comes a day after Amnesty International alleged that a 12-year-old girl was raped by a UN peacekeeper. | |
| The 10,000-strong UN force, deployed last year to help restore order in CAR, has also faced allegations of sexually abusing street children. | |
| In June, Mr Ban set up an independent review panel to examine the UN's handling of allegations of sexual exploitation. | |
| Earlier, the UN had denied allegations it covered up child abuse by French troops also serving in CAR. | |
| "I cannot put into words how anguished and angered and ashamed I am by recurrent reports over the years of reports of sex abuse and exploitation by UN forces," Mr Ban said. | |
| The UN peacekeepers took over from a smaller African Union force in the country to try and end unprecedented violence that escalated in March 2013 when mainly Muslim rebels seized power. | |
| The country descended into ethnic and religious violence, with tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes. |