Oxfam suspends DR Congo staff over sexual misconduct claims

The British charity says two staff members suspended as part of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.

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, sent a statement to the AFP news agency saying 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”.