South African soldiers arrested for sexual abuse in DR Congo
A military convoy of South Africa National Defence Forces rides along a dirt road in the Maringanha District in Pemba, DRC on August 5, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
Eight members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for alleged sexual abuse, the United Nations (UN) announced on Friday.
The SANDF members had been deployed in the eastern parts of the DR Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission known as Monusco.
