UN sends porn peacekeeper home

An Irish soldier serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Eritrea was sent home for making a pornographic video with a local woman.

The state-run Eritrean news agency interviewed the 23-year-old woman in her prison cell. She said the soldier gave her money and promised to take her to Ireland.

The UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) said in a statement that it was investigating “misconduct by an UNMEE soldier in March of this year, involving an Eritrean national.”

“As a result of an internal military investigation, the soldier has been severely disciplined and repatriated to his country of origin,” said the statement.

All soldiers serving with the UN are required to obey a code of conduct that “prohibits immoral acts of sexual, physical or psychological abuse or exploitation of the local population, especially women and children,” said UNMEE.

The 4,200 strong peacekeeping force was deployed along the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after war between the two nations ended in 2000.