Photo journal: Tales of rape in DR Congo

I was with the group for two years. I used a gun many times, in many battles. We fought the Rwandans over the DR Congo because it is our country.

We suffered a lot. I had lice in my hair.

In the morning they would take us to guard places like the houses of a military authority. We also had to do all the cooking for lots of people who were there. It was hard work.

They didn't start to rape me at the beginning, for the first year. It was later on that it began.