QUESTIONS ?

Why is the world not aware of this ?
The International community knows about this, at least the people in power and the main world organization such as the United Nations. They have a mission in the Congo that reports regularly the atrocities committed on women.
The Congolese people, especially those abroad, are also to blame. They lack unity that could help them be heard with a louder voice than individual scattered voices.

Can't the UN mission (MONUC) act to stop this ?
Yes it can. Normally as peacekeepers, the mission should help the people in the area but it simply does not do it. It has complained about a lack of funds and infrastructures to help its troops reach remote areas of the country. In contrast, the perpetrators have reached those areas and live there without helicopters, vehicles or any infrastructure. Are they just far stronger than the UN troops ?

Why doesn't the army of the D. R. Congo act upon this ?
One of the reasons is that the country has been under an embargo by the United Nations for all the years that the Congo has been attacked.
That embargo has just been lifted in April 2008 at a time when the country is rather in dire need of money to reconstruct, not to buy weapons.
The other reasons are that the army has been trying to re-organize after several rebellions that dismantled it.
Also, it has been infiltrated by foreign troops that serve other powers.
Soldiers are also not well-paid therefore, not much motivated.

What is the Congolese government doing about this ?
Like the army, the Congolese government itself is a victim of disorganization from coups d'Etat and infiltration by foreigners or at least people not working for the population.
It appears also that the international community with its force (MONUC) in the area prefers to enforce negociations with the terrorists instead of either fighting them or letting the Congolese government fight them.

Is the Congolese army committing the atrocities too ?
The Congolese army is not in any way participating in the Femicide. That is a propaganda of the real perpetrator in order to hide.
If the Congolese Army was part of this Femicide, what would be its motive ? and why is it not committing it anywhere else on the national territory ? Has the army selected a batallion of criminals only to the Kivu region and kept the "normal" soldiers in the rest of the country ?

How come there have been soldiers featured in some documentaries or movies admitting raping ?
Which soldier would go in front of a camera and declare how he's committing rape ? There cannot be verification of the identity of those individuals. And if they are soldiers of the D. R. Congo, their commanders or colleagues should be able to recognize them. No commander has recognized those featured in the movies. Therefore, that is mere propaganda again until they are recognized.