The government of South Sudan has called for the establishment of independent body to look into allegations of sexual exploitation by UN Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS’ Ghanaian police unit in Wau.
Valentino Baak, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the government wants an independent body to handle the scandal, Bakhita Radio reports.
Last week, UNMISS brought a unit of 46 Ghanaian police officers from Wau to Juba-base, for preliminary investigation over the allegations of sexual abuse against women living at the UN Protection of Civilians sites.
The mission says it received a complaint from women last month, alleging that the UN police were engaged in sexual activity with displaced women.
UNMISS says the scandal would be investigated by the Office of Internal Oversight Services, an independent office within the UN.
John Andruga, Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for closer of the UN Protection of Civilians sites in Juba.
He alleges that the camp is harboring criminals.
UNMISS currently has 17,000 peacekeeping personnel, including 13,000 soldiers and 1500 police task to protect civilians and maintaining peace in South Sudan.