Chad
Soldiers
in Mali
Accused of
Rape, Ban
& Prodi
Glad-Hand Deby
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 25
-- When UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and
the head of UN
Peacekeeping
Herve Ladsous
met
with Chad's
president
Idriss Deby on
Wednesday night,
there was an
elephant in
the room:
rape in Mali.
Earlier
in
the week,
Ban's
spokesperson
Martin Nesirky
had announced
that an
incident of
sexual abuse
had been
alleged. Later
when
questioned by
Inner City
Press he said
it is normal
that the Troop
Contributing
Country be
charged with
investigating
itself.
Now
it's reported
that it was four
Chadian
"peacekeepers"
charged
with rape.
So how did the
UN interact
with Deby on
Wednesday
night?
On
Deby's side of
the table,
smiling and
shaking hands,
was Ban's
Sahel
envoy Romano
Prodi. As
Inner City
Press
previously
reported,
Prodi
has change the
UN a pretty
penny even for
travel between
Bologna and
Rome. But in
his own race
for relevance,
Prodi was
glad-handing
Deby.
Prodi
remained for
the next photo
op as well,
with Blaise
Campaore of
Burkina Faso.
Said Djinnit
joined as
well; Sexual
Violence and
Conflict envoy
Bangura was
also on the
scene.
But
what about the
alleged
Chadian
"peacekeeper"
rapist? What
about the leap
of faith, if
one calls it
that, Ladsous
took in
accepting Chad
into the Mali
mission
MINUSMA even
while it was
on the
UN's own child
soldier
recruitment
list?
Through
this
negligence,
what role do
Ladsous and
the UN bear in
the alleged
rape? These
are questions.
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