New York, 03 July-(ANA)-Government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo carry out most of the rapes of civilians caught up in the war with rebel groups, a rights group says.
US-based Human Rights Watch says thousands have been raped by rebels and soldiers in the past six months.
And it says the UN, with 12,000 peacekeepers backing the troops, risks becoming "complicit" in the atrocities.
But the UN operation in DR Congo, Monuc, said it was pushing for troops carrying out abuses to be punished.
Eastern DRCongo has been unstable for some 15 years, with various militias battling each other.
These include ethnic Tutsi and Hutu groups, some of whom have come across the border from Rwanda. (ANA)
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