After being raped by government troops, women in the eastern DRC face the further pain and humiliation of being repudiated by their husbands.

Government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo raped at least 121 women over a three-day period, the United Nations said on Friday.

A DRC court has sentenced a colonel to 20 years in the highest-profile rape case ever held in the massive state where sexual violence is endemic.

Systematic sexual violence continues to be carried out against Congolese women and girls caught up in expulsions from Angola to the DRC, the UN said.

Over 700 women, men and children were raped when Angola expelled thousands of people back to the DRC over the past two

The United Nations reported on Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern DRC since late July.