Aid staff abusing Liberian children, charity says
Liberia is facing an epidemic of child prostitution, with more than half of children engaged in selling sex in some parts of the country, a children’s charity warned today.
The Save the Children report found that girls as young as eight were selling sex for items such as food, beer, clothing, perfume or mobile phones.
Others were reported as having sex with adults in return for good school grades, video screenings or rides in cars.
Investigators were told that wealthy and powerful men were the main abusers, among them UN peacekeepers and aid agency staff.
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