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Study Reveals Sexual Exploitation of West African Refugees VOA News 26 Feb 2002 20:17 UTC 
A new study has found evidence of extensive sexual exploitation of refugee children in West Africa.
The study, commissioned by the British relief group Save the Children and the United Nations refugee agency, finds that scores of aid workers in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have sexually abused refugee children.
The report says mostly local aid workers from a variety of relief agencies have exploited children by exchanging food, medication, and other services for sex.
The initial findings of the study were released Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by conflicts spilling across the borders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Many of the displaced survive only through the help of aid agencies.
Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AFP.
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