Eight soldiers arrested in DRC have returned to South Africa to answer to 'sexual abuse and exploitation' allegations.
The South African National Defence Force has recalled eight of its soldiers who were detained this month by the United Nations in Democratic Republic of the Congo for"sexual abuse and exploitation".
"Due to the serious nature of the allegations, the SANDF took a decision to recall the implicated soldiers back to South Africa to answer to the allegations and to give account of events that transpired on Sunday, 1 October 2023 in Beni," an SANDF statement said. It added that the UN report alleged that UN Military Police had apprehended the eight soldiers on 1 October 2023"for being in direct breach of the curfew time and other regulations related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse".
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