Doctors Without Borders investigation finds exploitation by staff in Chad
Key takeaways
- The organisation employs tens of thousands of workers, local and foreign, to respond to crises across several countries.
- The report was completed last July but was first reported on by The Associated Press news agency on Saturday.
- The organisation acknowledged 59 allegations of abuse, although it said there were likely more as survivors were reluctant to speak out.
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The organisation employs tens of thousands of workers, local and foreign, to respond to crises across several countries.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Refugees queue for food distribution in the Adre, Chad, transit camp, Thursday, May 8, 2025 [Caitlin Kelly/AP]By APPublished On 13 Jun 202613 Jun 2026An internal report by the aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has found that local and foreign staff exploited refugees in Chad, sometimes targeting underage girls and other times trading food aid and jobs for sex.
The report was completed last July but was first reported on by The Associated Press news agency on Saturday.