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Diana landmine charity embroiled insex scandal

By AFP
February 26, 2018

LONDON: The landmine charity backed by Princess Diana was on Sunday dragged into the sector-wide sex scandal after apologising for not properly investigating claims its staff paid prostitutes.

British-based Mines Advisory Group (Mag) admitted it had ignored allegations about the “habitual use” of prostitutes by aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “In relation to generic allegations of habitual use of prostitutes by Mag staff in DRC it would seem these were not sufficiently followed up at the time as they should have been and we are very sorry about this,” it said in a statement late Saturday.