dundo angola capture militia accuse marry congolese government official kimpanga caro could smell fire tell would use burn decapitate head ash caro whose husband pastor official free one militiamen recognize race back home find husband ransack village flee south foot five children towards country hear safe angola thirty thousand compatriots make journey far among 1.4 million people drive home year violence central kasai region democratic republic congo sign refugee crisis cause angola powerful regional ally help sustain congolese president joseph kabila father power two decades question support leader volatile neighbor least 3,300 people kill kasai since kamuina nsapu militia launch insurrection force military withdrawal area refugees say villages destroy women rap militiamen soldier fight flight angolan province lunda norte bring international relief effort area first time since angola 27-year civil war end 2002. cool angola support kabila would leave congolese president isolate ever make even hard hang power beyond end year pledge hold election already year late angola third large economy sub-saharan africa one region strong militaries twice past send troop prop kabila soldier try contain violence frontier luanda double troop police border accord marcelino caetano provincial director service migration foreigners responsible lunda norte province 770-kilometre border drc maintain level control long say cramp well-guarded offices dundo old diamond mine town kilometers border decline give exact number angolan troop area angola push kinshasa allow u.n. officials kasai help congolese decline say since march two angolan border guard one immigration official kill attack congolese militia four separate border post say inacio feliciano senior police commander aid agencies suspect angolan force patrol inside congo though caetano deny unrest change could alter angola policy support kabila luanda new president take power 38 years rule jose eduardo do santos jo louren military man former defense minister lack do santos historic tie kabila father laurent take power congo 1997 kill 2001. louren regard kabila increasingly destabilize force accord diplomat familiar think although diplomat say military intervention kabila remain unlikely would probably make things bad want libya doorstep angola worry 2,600-kilometre border share drc decades angola civil war enemies rule mpla party hide train arm former zaire unrest vast mineral rich congo tendency draw neighbor regional conflict victims kasai violence cross angola threat militia group move across border benefit keep kabila ally less obvious chissanda cross last week locate north dundo two officials say border close guard sit around chat watch sun set authorities say let refugees cross though stream stop recent weeks even choose return home congolese army say take back control kasai though commander feliciano say receive report clash around city kananga sept 7. refugees interview reuters tell soldier rap execute residents support militia villages army take back expect get bad approach end year say guy-rufin guernas local head unite nations refugee agency unhcr dundo kabila agree hold presidential elections due 2016 december vote look unlikely happen potentially spark violent backlash unhcr work basis another 50,000 refugees could cross angola 2017 end accommodate new settlement construct 100 km outside dundo municipality lovua last wednesday recent arrivals dig root 25x25 meter plot land families give remote area sparse forest get equipment solar light bulldozers difficult expensive locate north-eastern tip angola dundo airport re-opened goods bring truck saurimo provincial capital neighbor lunda sul three hours away night almost total darkness buy basic goods difficult cost take refugees steep angola midst recession fall price oil main source wealth angola war understand suffer people go say guernas cacanda early ad-hoc settlement nearly 7,000 refugees still cram tarpaulin move lovua many complain lack food shelter rafael tshimbumba 50 say condition may basic return kasai lose four children violence militias arrive village begin kill anyone speak tshiluba language baluba people highlight increasingly tribal element conflict least safe say wear red black t-shirt mpla party govern angola caro escape congo pastor husband militia threaten kill flight lead danger family stop rest village near border pass car snatch 5-year old boy search days put message local radio find nothing god know go say hold young child arm congo refugees pour border angola 's back kabila doubt