Congolese refugee, (3rd from right) Ndagano Nakajosi, 50, from Kitundu, South Kivu, pictured with his family at a transit centre for newly arrived refugees, in Bujumbura, Burundi..."We fled to escape the Mai Mai and the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) who often attacked our village at night. They would steal anything of value, money, radios, dishes even mattresses. They would punish everyone left in the village forcing the men to carry their loot while systematically raping the women. My daughter was raped by 8 men, she was 18 at the time. ThatÕs when we decided to cross the Ruzizi river and bring her to the hospital here in Bujumbura. We had spent two weeks sleeping in the bush but my family wanted to go back and sleep in our house. They were tired of going to the bush every night so we decided to stay in the house for a night and that is when the Mai Mai attacked. After they had raped my wife and my daughter they made me carry the things they had stolen from us. Normally they kill you after they have made you carry their loot so you canÕt go back and tell your neighbours where they are. We were beaten by them but I had a chance to escape. A man came at me with a knife and I pretended to be dead. I managed to crawl away when they went to eat. When I got home I found my family crying because when they saw me leaving with the Mai Mai they were convinced they were going to kill me. We decided to cross the Ruzizi (river bordering Burundi). We were helped by Burundian fishermen who took us in their boats and brought us to Vugizo and then we walked to Bujumbura. I donÕt think we will ever go back to