Peacekeeping sex probe police leave Eritrea

The last contingent of Irish troops to serve as UN peacekeepers in the Horn of Africa has left Eritrea but investigations continue into allegations of “sexual misbehaviour” by members of the group that preceded them, the UN said today.

Irish military police conducting the investigation into reports that members of the previous contingent had been involved with under-age Eritrean prostitutes left on Sunday with the final group deployed under the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, or UNMEE.