Stairs Expedition to Katanga
...that the Stairs Expedition to Katanga was the winner in a race between two Victorian-era imperial powers to seize a vast mineral-rich territory in central Africa, which it achieved by assassinating the African king Msiri?
...that the <b id="mwC9k"><a href="./Stairs_Expedition_to_Katanga" id="mwC9o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stairs Expedition to Katanga">Stairs Expedition to Katanga</a></b> <i id="mwC9s">(William Stairs pictured)</i> was the winner in a race between two Victorian-era imperial powers to seize a vast <a href="./Mining" id="mwC9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mining">mineral-rich</a> territory in <a href="./Central_Africa" id="mwC90" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central Africa">central Africa</a>, which it achieved by assassinating the African king <a href="./Msiri" id="mwC94" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Msiri">Msiri</a>?