Kilwa is a town, headquarters of

Moero Sector Moero Sector is an administrative division of Pweto Territory in Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The headquarters are in the town of Kilwa. Moero Sector lies to the west of Lake Mweru. The territory is agricult ...

Pweto Territory Pweto Territory is a territory in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The headquarters are in the town of Pweto. Geography Pweto is part of Haut-Katanga Province. It lies to the west and north of Lake Mweru o ...

Haut-Katanga Province Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberm ...

of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

(DRC). Kilwa lies on the west shore of

Lake Mweru Lake Mweru (also spelled ''Mwelu'', ''Mwero'') 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 of the total length of th ...

opposite

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 the island on the lake as a base at one time. This lake island is named after the original Indian ocean island Kilwa K ...

, which is part of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. Kilwa is from

Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga ...

. 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 In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

. The

Dikulushi Mine The Dikulushi mine is a copper 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. The leading DRC copper company Anvil Min ...

near Kilwa was operated by

Anvil Mining Anvil Mining was a copper producer that has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2002 to 2012. The company headquarters were in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Anvil was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Australian ...

, an Australian company. In October 2004 there was a small-scale uprising in Kilwa which was brutally suppressed by

FARDC The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo

ARDC The abbreviation ARDC may refer to: *Air Research and Development Command, later renamed the Air Force Systems Command * Amateur Radio Digital Communications, a mode using IP addresses beginning with 44.x *American Racing Drivers Club, a midget car ...

is the armed forces, state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARD ...

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.

References

Populated places in Haut-Katanga Province {{DRCongo-geo-stub