Audio By Carbonatix
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed two women leaders to head investigations into allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by aid workers during the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congolese human rights advocate, Julienne Lusenge, and former Nigerien minister, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, will co-chair the commission.
The commission will "swiftly establish the facts, identify and support survivors, ensure that any ongoing abuse has stopped, and hold perpetrators to account", according to a WHO statement.
The UN health agency tweeted its full statement:
A year-long investigation published last month by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation indicated that aid workers who identified themselves as WHO staff sexually abused women during the Ebola outbreak in the country.
Local women were allegedly plied with drinks, "ambushed" in hospitals, forced to have sex, and two became pregnant.
The allegations cover the period between 2018 and March 2020.
Latest Stories
-
The Suit is a shroud ; the fugu is our resurrection
10 seconds -
NDC appoints Inusah Fuseini as Ayariga steps down from Ayawaso East primary probe committee
14 minutes -
T-bills auction: Government exceeds target by 246; interest rates fall sharply to 9.9%
20 minutes -
Lands minister heads to South Africa for annual African mining investment conference
30 minutes -
Frank Quaye Writes: Nullify Ayawaso East primary to protect NDC’s integrity and goodwill
34 minutes -
Medeama survive Samartex test to reach FA Cup last eight
42 minutes -
Vote- buying, party reform, and the unfinished business of internal democracy in the NDC
57 minutes -
Mahama Ayariga withdraws from NDC Ayawaso East probe as Majority Caucus demands cancellation of primary
1 hour -
Majority caucus calls for cancellation of Ayawaso East primary over vote-buying allegations
1 hour -
Jachie-Pramso SHS appeals for support as headmaster hails discipline
2 hours -
NDC committee given February 10 deadline to submit Ayawaso East vote-buying report
3 hours -
Abossey Okai spare parts dealers threaten one-week strike over new VAT regime
3 hours -
Sentencing is not a lottery -Lawyer defends Agradaa’s sentence reduction
4 hours -
Ghanaian highlife maestro Ebo Taylor dies at 90
4 hours -
Gunmen kill 3 people and abduct Catholic priest in northern Nigeria
4 hours