SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS ARE THE WORST SEX OFFENDERS IN THE WORLD: UN REVEALS

South African soldiers on United Nations peacekeeping missions are the world's worst military sexual predators.
The damning revelation is made alongside allegations that the UN allegedly tried to cover up the sexual abuse of women and children in the Central African Republic by French peacekeepers in 2014.
A report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services, released last week, reviewed the organisation's four biggest peacekeeping missions and sexual offences committed by its peacekeepers, which it labels a "regular occurrence".
The missions are those in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and South Sudan, where more than 2000 South African soldiers are stationed, Liberia and Haiti. South Africa does not have any soldiers in the latter two countries.
The report shows that South Africa tops the list of offending nations, despite not being the biggest contributor of troops to missions.
In terms of substantiated allegations, the report states that the three countries whose soldiers are most abusive are:
* South Africa (nine allegations);
* Uruguay (eight allegations); and
* Nigeria (seven allegations).
The report does not detail the nature of the allegations but says some of the offences were committed by more than one soldier.
By the time of going to print the Defence Ministry had failed to respond to questions on how many troops had faced military trials or the outcome of the trials.
Under a memorandum of understanding between the UN and countries that contribute troops, the primary responsibility to investigate alleged misconduct lies with a soldier's military.
The UN received 480 sexual exploitation and abuse allegations about its peacekeeping operations and special political missions between 2008 and 2013, with the DRC mission accounting for 214 (45%) of these.
Of the 480 reported allegations, 36% involved minors