Burundi Probe: U.N. Workers Abused Girls

Guardian

By ALOYS NIYOYITA

Associated Press Writer

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - A police investigation has concluded that two United Nations peacekeepers from Ethiopia sexually abused underage girls in Burundi.

The findings were sent to local U.N. officials and a copy was filed at a court, said Anatole Ntukamazina, commander of the public security police. No charges were immediately filed.

The two Ethiopian peacekeepers were arrested Dec. 11 in the northeastern Muyinga province on suspicion of having sex with underage girls who were found in their hotel rooms, Ntukamazina said.

Ethiopian soldiers account for the largest contingent of troops in the 5,476-member U.N. force helping to monitor a peace deal between the government and Hutu rebels that ended Burundi's 11-year civil war.

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