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Jan
31
2024
By DAN WILLIAMS and GABRIELLE TÉTRAULT-FARBER
Israel accuses 190 UN staff of being ‘hardened’ militants

Israel accuses 190 UN staff of being ‘hardened’ militants

WORLD
AN Israeli intelligence dossier that prompted a cascade of countries to halt funds for a U.N. Palestinian aid agency includes allegations that some staff took part in abductions and killings during the October 7 raid that sparked the Gaza war. The six-page dossier, seen by Reuters, alleges that some 190 UNRWA employees, including teachers, have doubled as Hamas or Islamic Jihad militants. It has names and pictures for 11 of them. The United Nations has not formally received a copy of the dossier, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. The Palestinians have accused Israel of falsifying information to tarnish UNRWA, which says it has…
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Sep
19
2020
By The African Mirror
UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

NEWS
SAMUEL OKIROR THE United Nations has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse and the exploitation of vulnerable women by members of its staff in Uganda’s drought-stricken northeastern Karamoja region. The inquiry by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services, which began early this month, follows allegations by a whistleblower of sexual abuse and exploitation by a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) staffer against a “female victim” – and a more general pattern of serious sexual misconduct by other UN staff working in what is Uganda’s poorest region. The allegations centre on the World Food Programme compound in the…
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