UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland on Friday called sexual abuse ``a cancer in Congolese society'' and urged military and civilian authorities to punish those responsible for rapes.In a report to the Security Council on his recent trip to Africa, Egeland denounced the failure of Congo's transitional government and the United Nations to end impunity for these crimes despite progress on improving security and recent successful elections. ``Sexual abuse has become a cancer in Congolese society that seems to be out of control,'' he said. ``Military and civilian authorities are still virtually unaccountable for crimes against civilians.''
| Got ya, huh? Think they're talking about UN peacekeeping soldiers? Nah, of course not. Read the article and it's just the usual run-of-the-mill handwringing about the abuses in the third world. |