{"id":756,"date":"2026-06-13T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2026-06-13T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:38:14","slug":"ap-exclusive-doctors-without-borders-report-found-cases-of-abuse-and-exploitation-by-staff-in-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"AP exclusive: Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The international aid group Doctors Without Borders<\/span> found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border<\/span>, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for sex with refugees, according to a confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. <\/p>\n

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The Doctors Without Borders report \u2014 completed in July and first reported Saturday by The Associated Press \u2014 found 59 allegations of abuse and said 18 staff members were dismissed and barred from future employment. In some cases, the group told AP, the allegations couldn\u2019t be verified or the perpetrators identified. The report also said some of the repeated exploitation suggested potentially organized \u201csexual trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organization said it launched the monthslong investigation in response to AP reporting<\/span> that women had accused staff of sexually exploiting them in displacement sites in Chad, where hundreds of thousands fled from Sudan\u2019s devastating civil war<\/span>, now in its fourth year<\/span>. The report credited AP as playing \u201ca fundamental role as an external whistleblower.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The findings by Doctors Without Borders \u2014 one of the largest employers and biggest aid organizations in the refugee camps in eastern Chad \u2014 indicate the abuse was more widespread than previously reported.<\/p>\n

Sexual exploitation<\/span> has repeatedly surfaced during humanitarian crises<\/span> despite years of efforts by aid organizations to prevent abuse<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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In the cases AP found in Chad in 2024, women said people meant to protect them \u2014 humanitarians, local security forces \u2014 offered money, easier access to assistance and jobs in exchange for sex. Such sexual exploitation in Chad is a crime.<\/p>\n

And in its report, Doctors Without Borders noted that the cases found in Chad stand out because it had allocated extra resources to combat and prevent abuse. The memo also said the findings likely only scratch the surface, as many women were hesitant to speak openly. <\/p>\n

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In response to questions about the memo, Doctors Without Borders \u2014 also known under its French acronym, MSF \u2014 called it \u201ca candid internal analysis\u201d that laid out where systems failed. <\/p>\n

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