Bringing hell to the African girls…

An African woman from Cameroon I work with once told me this about her home country a few months ago:

Africa is a pedophile’s paradise. You can defile the children with nary a thought to your punishment.

Sickening and horrible, it seems that some of those providing aid and education are the pedophiles…

Peacekeepers, teachers prey on Liberia girls: report
By Alphonso Toweh

MONROVIA (Reuters) - UN peacekeepers, aid workers and teachers are having sex with Liberian girls as young as 8 in return for money, food or favors, threatening efforts to rebuild a nation wrecked by war, a report said on Monday.

Save the Children UK said an alarming number of girls were being sexually exploited by men in authority in refugee camps and in the wider community, sometimes for as little as a bottle of beer, a ride in an aid vehicle or watching a film.

“This cannot continue,” Save the Children UK Chief Executive Jasmine Whitbread said. “Men who use positions of power to take advantage of vulnerable children must be reported and fired.”

“More must be done to support children and their families to make a living without turning to this kind of desperation.”

The 20-page document said local people reported sexual exploitation by peacekeepers in every location where a contingent of the UNMIL peacekeeping force was stationed, highlighting the continuing problem of sex abuse by UN forces.

Allegations of sexual misconduct have dogged UN operations in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the world body has accused members of its biggest peacekeeping force of rape, pedophilia and giving children food or money in return for sex.

Rape and pedophilia… Fucking adults exploiting the children of the people they are charged with helping! All under the flag of unity. Depressing. This is a message to all the men that read this: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH AN ALARMING NUMBER OF US?!?! Why when some of us get in a position of power, we look at all females (even the young ones) as walking recepticles of our self-professed divine lust? Those Liberian girls have fathers. And some of you peacekeepers are fathers. So I guess I can round up the posse and go after your daughters, eh? Sounds like a plan, huh? And I bet you sick peacekeepers (or hell-bringers) would get very upset at me and my posse, right? Lying, hypocritical bastards.

I hope that the head honchos at the UN and other aid organizations do something about this now. But I tend to agree with my African co-worker on another point (and this bothers the crap out of me):

Who gives a damn about Africa?

One Response to “Bringing hell to the African girls…”

1. Dean Esmay says:

   May 10, 2006 at 11:07 pm

   I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they’re overlooking the number of boys who are being used this way too.