Editor's note: John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough
Project, a nonprofit organization that works to end genocide and
crimes against humanity, and the Satellite Sentinel Project, a
group that uses satellite imagery to monitor violence in Sudan,
recently returned from a trip to eastern Congo. (CNN) -- Early
one eastern Congolese morning six months ago, Josephine was
sleeping in her hut, dreaming about selling her crops. She heard
people singing victory songs, thinking it was part of her dream,
but gunshots jolted her awake. She could see in the light of
dawn that the next village was on fire. She saw people fleeing
toward her village, some being shot as they ran. She quickly
herded her four children into the tall grass, where others from
her village were already hiding. They watched their village
torched by the singing militia, known as Raia Mutumboki, a
branch of which is allied to the M23, the latest rebel group to
plunge the Congo into full-scale war. During their first day of
hiding, Josephine sent he