UK charity linked to fresh DRC abuse claims
Publish date: 12 April 2021
Issue Number: 917
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: General
The UK has again suspended aid funding for Oxfam after fresh allegations of sexual exploitation and bullying were made against staff in the DRC. Two Oxfam workers were suspended last week following the latest claims. The charity had only been allowed to start reapplying for aid funds in March. BBC News reports that Oxfam had served a three-year ban after a cover-up of sexual exploitation by staff in Haiti came to light in 2018. The Foreign and Development Office said ‘all organisations bidding for UK aid must meet the high standards of safeguarding required to keep the people they work with safe’.
