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LONDON. – British aid charity Oxfam has said it suspended two staff members in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of an investigation launched last year into alleged sexual misconduct and bullying.
Oxfam, which works in 67 countries, said in a statement it had suspended two staff members “as part of an ongoing external investigation, which we set up last November”. It said this was over the “allegations of abuses of power, including bullying and sexual misconduct”. The charity said it had reported this to the Charity Commission, a government department that regulates charities.
The Times newspaper ran a front-page story on Friday headlined: “Oxfam rocked by new sex claims against aid workers”. It said it saw a letter about the situation in the DRC, signed by current and former Oxfam staff and sent to the charity heads in February, claiming “power abuses” and “threats to their lives” and making allegations against 11 people.
It said whistle-blowers had been raising concerns about alleged misconduct in the aid mission to the DRC since 2015. – The Citizen.
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