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One of many clinics that have received Ebola patients in Congo-Kinshasa since 2018. File photo.
The UN children’s fund Unicef and the migration organization IOM join the agencies that will internally investigate allegations that humanitarian workers have committed sexual abuse in Congo-Kinshasa.
“Personnel who have committed sexual abuse will be severely punished,” UNICEF said in a statement.
In a report compiled by, among others, The New Humanitarian organization, which was released Tuesday, more than 50 women testify that they have been abused in connection with the current Ebola outbreak. The men who committed the abuse are said to have worked for, among others, the World Health Organization WHO, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Unicef, IOM and Oxfam.
Three organizations have previously stated that they have been investigating the allegations since the report was published, including the WHO.
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