South Africa recalls peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse in DRC

United Nations South African peacekeepers patrol a street in Oicha where an attack took place in a nearby village the day before, January 29, 2020. [AFP]

South Africa's military said Sunday it ordered home a group of soldiers, accused of serious misconduct related to sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pending an investigation.

The eight, part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, were detained and confined to their barracks in the eastern city of Beni earlier this month.