UN peacekeepers in Liberia child sex scandal

Aid workers and UN peacekeepers are trading food and other goods for sex with children in camps housing Liberians uprooted by fighting during the west African nation’s war, an international charity says.

Save the Children said the situation for children has not improved since the 1998-2002 civil war ended, and it called on the UN and humanitarian outfits to boost employee training, investigate all alleged sex crimes and report any violations to authorities.