Wau Civil Society Organizations Network strongly condemns the Ghanaian UN police in Wau for sexually abusing women.
Joseph Luka Akuar, chairman of the Network says they will continue to work hard to see investigation completed, Radio Voice of Hope Radio reports.
Bad behaviors of some individuals in UNMISS turn down the contribution of the Mission to realize partial stability, the leader notes.
‘We do not know how to describe the act which was committed by people who are supposed to be protectors, but became the ones abusing the IDPs’, Luka regrets.
Earlier, UNMISS said it received a complaint from women last month, alleging that the UN police are engaged in sexual activity with displaced women.
UNMISS says the Office of Internal Oversight Services, an independent office within the UN would investigate the scandal.
South Sudan government calls for establishment of independent body to look into the allegations of sexual exploitation by UNMISS’ Ghanaian police in Wau.
Valentino Baak, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says the government needs an independent body to handle the scandal.
John Andruga, Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calls for closure of the UN camp in Juba.