Kilwa is a small town, headquarters of Moero Sector

Moero Sector

Moero Sector is an administrative division of Pweto Territory in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .The headquarters are in the town of Kilwa.Moero Sector lies to the west of Lake Mweru....

, Pweto Territory

Pweto Territory

Pweto Territory is a territory in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .The headquarters are in the town of Pweto.-Geography:Pweto is part of the district of Haut-Katanga....

, Katanga Province

Katanga Province

Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...

 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 (DRC).

Kilwa lies on the west shore of Lake Mweru

Lake Mweru

Lake Mweru is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. Located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, it makes up 110 km of the total length of the Congo, lying between its Luapula River and Luvua River segments.Mweru...

 opposite Kilwa Island

Kilwa Island

Kilwa Island is an island on Lake Mweru, Zambia. It was known to Arab and Swahili traders of ivory, copper and slaves who used Kilwa Island on the lake as a base at one time....

, which is part of Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

.
Kilwa is 350 kilometres (217.5 mi) from Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...

. The population of 6,000 mainly live from fishing.
The Cathédrale Saint André is located in Kilwa, which is a seat of the Diocese of Kilwa–Kasenga.

The Dikulushi Mine

Dikulushi Mine

The Dikulushi mine is a copper mine and silver mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located some west of Lake Mweru and north of Kilwa in the Moero Sector of Pweto Territory, Katanga Province....

 near Kilwa was operated by Anvil Mining

Anvil Mining

Anvil Mining is a copper producer that has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2002.The company headquarters are based in Montreal, Canada.Anvil is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange....

, an Australian company.
In October 2004 there was a small-scale uprising in Kilwa which was brutally suppressed by FARDC soldiers of the 62nd Brigade.
Anvil Mining Congo was accused of providing logistical support to the troops.
The company published a statement by the Traditional Chiefs of Moero Sector that firmly denied any involvement by Anvil in the massacre and that praised the company for the benefits it had brought to the region.