France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
It comes after another abuse scandal involving French soldiers.<\/p>\n
A leaked UN report claimed 16 French peacekeepers abused children in the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n
“This is an army that confronts [such accusations] head on,” the army’s chief of staff, General Jean-Pierre Bosser told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
French military police are travelling to the country to investigate, alongside the local police.<\/p>\n
The French army has come under criticism for being slow to react to previous child abuse claims in Central African Republic.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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