CHARITY’S CHILD ABUSE

VIENNA: An international charity is investigating allegations of child abuse and fund mismanagement in Africa and Asia, pledging to launch an “uncompromising” probe.

SOS Children’s Villages International supports 1.2 million people — mostly children — through more than 550 centres and other programs around the world, helping orphans and others in need, according to a spokeswoman.

It found “cases of serious child protection violations and mismanagement”, said Elisabeth Hauser, a manager at the organisation’s founding branch in Austria.