DRC: Morocco arrests 6 soldiers for sex abuse

Six Moroccan soldiers serving as U.N. peacekeepers in Congo have been arrested for sexually abusing young girls, the government said on Sunday. It also said the head of the Moroccan military contingent in Congo and his deputy have been relieved of their duties. Over the past year the United Nations has probed 150 allegations against some 50 soldiers of various nationalities of sexual exploitation of women and girls, including of being involved in gang rapes.
* Read Kofi Annan's letter to the Security Council detailing new measures for peacekeepers in the DRC
http://www.peacewomen.org/un/pkwatch/discipline/SGletterMONUC05.pdf