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Joseph Moloney (1857 – 5 October 1896) was the Irish-born medical officer on the 1891–92 Stairs Expedition which seized Katanga in Central Africa for the Belgian King Leopold II, killing its ruler, Msiri, in the process.
Simon [36] Katanga (George Harris), is a friend of Sallah and the captain of the Bantu Wind, a tramp steamer Indiana and Marion use to transport the Ark. When his ship is boarded by the Nazis, he conceals the pair, claiming to the Nazis that he killed Indiana and intends to sell Marion to slavery.
George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter film series, Captain Simon Katanga in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clive King in the BBC medical drama Casualty, where he was one of the original cast members.
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The Compagnie du Katanga was founded in 1891 to explore the southeast of the Congo Free State. Under agreements of March 1891 and May 1896 the company was to occupy and develop Katanga, and in return gained full ownership of 1/3 of the land in Katanga Province and a 99-year license to exploit the minerals in the granted land.
Once Katanga was firmly under Belgian control, and the mineral resources were heavily exploited by Belgian firms (notably Union Minière du Haut Katanga) the province was developed much more than the rest of the country. The Belgian mining cartel employed a mixture of contract mercenaries and hired guards to subdue the local population and to ...
The Katanga Province had been renamed Shaba Province during the rule of Mobutu, when the Congo was known as Zaire. [134] Shaba I began on March 8, 1977, when ex-gendarmes invaded the province. Western nations came to the aid of Mobutu, [ 135 ] and the invasion was crushed by May 26, 1977. [ 136 ]
In 1867, he returned to Coast Guard duty as captain of HMS Dauntless on the Humber. [2] He retired in April 1870 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath the following year. [19] Forsyth died in Ladbroke Estate, London on 12 May 1873 [20] [2] and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. [21] [22]