According to advocacy group AIDS Free World

That’s according to advocacy group AIDS Free World who said the young girl was labelled the “Sangaris dog” in reference to the Sangaris Forces unit accused of abusing her.

It comes as the UN admits it is widening an earlier investigation into alleged sexual abuse by peacekeeping forces and other local groups under UN command in the Central African Republic between 2013 to 2015.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said 108 victims have been interviewed in Kemo recently — a drastic increase on the 22 allegations reported earlier this month.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked to the core” by the accusations which come from young people who have been “traumatised in the worst imaginable way.”

“We must face the fact that a number of troops who were sent to protect people instead acted with hearts of darkness,” he said as the country celebrates a new democratically-elected President.

“These crimes only fester in silence. That is why the United Nations is shining a spotlight on these despicable, depraved and deeply disturbing allegations. I will continue to be unrelenting in confronting this scourge and raising it proactively at every opportunity.”

France’s UN ambassador Francois Delattre said the “sickening and odious” allegations would result in a criminal response and “disciplinary action” if true.

This week French Defence Minister Jean-Yves le Drian hailed the success of the Sangaris Forces in the region.

“The country was in the throes of civil war, torn by religious tensions, plagued by chaos, on the brink of pre-genocidal scenarios,” he said.

“In the space of two years, the Sangaris force restored calm and prevented the unacceptable.”