Congo refugees refuse "intolerable" refugee camps, prefer facing rebels...

Thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable.

With no food, water or sanitation in the camps, people have decided that it is worth the risk to return to their homes, even though rebels killed and raped many people just last week, residents told ITN's Jonathan Miller, who is near the city of Goma. 

Many of their villages have been looted and emptied of people by the rebels, they said. 

Roads were filled with people returning to rebel-held territory, carrying their belongings on their heads or on their backs. More...

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