RAID has focused attention on the use made by the Congolese military of Anvil Mining Limited's logistic and personnel in a counter-offensive to crush insurgents in the town of Kilwa in October 2004.

Kilwa is located in the Katanga Province, 50 kms from Anvil's Dikulushi copper/silver mine.

On 6 June 2005, Australia's flagship current affairs programme, Four Corners, broadcasted a report on the Kilwa incident. Click to visit Four Corners' web site on the Kilwa incident

On 17 July 2007, RAID and Global Witness with two Congolese NGOS have published a report, “The Kilwa Trial: a denial of justice”, which presents a detailed chronology of events from October 2004 to June 2007. The report shows how the proceedings were plagued with obstructions and political interference and documents serious flaws and irregularities in the trial of nine Congolese soldiers for war crimes and three employees of Anvil Mining for complicity in war crimes committed in Kilwa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The trial which lasted six months, was held before a military court. It ended on 28 June 2007 with the acquittal of all the defendants on war crimes charges in relation to events in Kilwa.

The full report is available in English and French.

NGOs in Australia, Canada, and the US have joined with RAID and Congolese NGOs in calling on governments to investigate the Kilwa incident. The Australian Federal Police are conducting an investigation into whether there is evidence of complicity by Anvil in human rights abuses.

Anvil denies that it had knowledge of, or provided assistance to, the Congolese army in the committing of any human rights violations.