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AU forms team to probe Amisom force rape claims

AU forms team to probe Amisom force rape claims
KDF bomb suspected Alshabab position within Fafadun township in Somalia. (Photo:File/Standard)

The African Union has authorised an investigation into allegations the continental force on a peacekeeping mission in Somalia is perpetrating sexual abuses.

Commission of the African Union (AU) chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma authorised the deployment of an investigation team to probe allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse levelled against personnel of the AU Mission in Somalia (Amisom) by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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