French authorities are investigating allegations of the sexual abuse of children by the country’s troops in the Central African Republic.<br /><br /> It comes after a United Nations aid worker was suspended for passing a confidential internal report to the French because of the UN’s alleged failure to take action.<br /><br /> The UN has confirmed that for the past year it has been investigating serious accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse of children by French soldiers.<br /><br /> According to the British paper The Guardian, the UN report said the alleged abuse happened between December 2013 and June 2014 at a centre for displaced people at Bangui airport.<br /><br /> The French troops are said to have been working alongside the UN peacekeeping mission.<br /><br /> France intervened in its former colony over two years ago to stop violence between Christian militias and largely Muslim Seleka rebels.
