{"id":1659,"date":"2006-09-12T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:55:11","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T21:55:11","slug":"map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-bas-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-bas-congo\/1659\/","title":{"rendered":"Bas-Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jean-Pierre Bemba: 308,954 &#8211; 36.21%<br \/>\nJoseph Kabila: 118,684 &#8211; 13.91%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/07\/map2.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/07\/map2.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"map2\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1790\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics: <\/strong>This small southwestern province is bordered by the Atlantic in the west, Angola in the south, and the capital, Kinshasa, in the north. As in the capital, Jean-Pierre Bemba received the majority of the vote. Election violence that resulted in the death of two children and missing names from the voter registration list marred the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural Resources: <\/strong>This province has some gold resources and access to the sea that make it an important logistical region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Pierre Bemba: 308,954 &#8211; 36.21% Joseph Kabila: 118,684 &#8211; 13.91% Politics: This small southwestern province is bordered by the Atlantic in the west, Angola in the south, and the capital, Kinshasa, in the north. As in the capital, Jean-Pierre Bemba received the majority of the vote. 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