RAID amd Bank Information Center: "World Bank Buries Internal Report on Controversial Congo Mining Project"

The World Bank has withheld a report concerning its own due diligence over its support for Anvil Mining Limited's Dilukushi copper/silver mine.

RAID, ACIDH, ASADHO, BIC, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth US: "World Bank Insurance Arm Fails to Protect Local Communities, Audit Finds: Bank's compliance office reveals due diligence failures in DR Congo mining project"

A World Bank report investigating its support for Anvil Mining's Dilukushi project finds systemic problems in the way the Bank's political risk insurer does business.

RAID, Human Rights Watch, Global Witness: "DR Congo: End illegal exploitation of natural resources; Government must act on Parliamentary Commission's recommendations"

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo must act promptly on the recommendations of a Congolese parliamentary investigation that uncovered illegal natural resource exploitation and profiteering from armed conflict

RAID: "Group Calls on World Bank to Investigate Mining Contracts; Bank's Failed Reform Project in DR Congo"

British and Belgian NGOs call on World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to investigate two mining contracts between the Democratic Republic of Congo's state mining company and two British Virgin Island-based companies.

RAID: "Inauguration of Congo's New President: Prospects for mining sector reform"

The inauguration of President Joseph Kabila is a pivotal moment in determining whether the Congolese people will become the beneficiaries of the country's natural resource wealth.

RAID, ASADHO, ACIDH, CDH: "Trial begins for Congolese military and Anvil Mining ex employees accused of crimes related to the October 2004 Kilwa massacre"

The trial of former Colonel Ademar Ilunga and eight of his subordinates for breaches of the Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols will open on 12 December in Lubumbashi, DR Congo.