{"id":1660,"date":"2006-07-12T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T21:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T21:56:05","slug":"map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-kasai-occidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-kasai-occidental\/1660\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasai-Occidental"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jean-Pierre Bemba: 273,719 &#8211; 31.93%<br \/>\nOscar Kashala: 152,382 &#8211; 17.78%<br \/>\nAntoine Gizenga: 126,317 &#8211; 14.74%<br \/>\nJoseph Kabila: 97,911 &#8211; 11.42%<\/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> Mirroring the larger west-east split in the country, Bemba received more votes in this western region, while Kabila prevailed in the east. Both Oscar Kashala, a recent returnee from the U.S., and Antoine Gizenga received more votes than Kabila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural Resources:<\/strong> The two Kasais &#8212; Occidental and Oriental &#8212; are home to the Congo&#8217;s vast deposits of diamonds, an export valued at $870 million in 2005. Though many of the local toil in diamond mines, few make a substantial living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Pierre Bemba: 273,719 &#8211; 31.93% Oscar Kashala: 152,382 &#8211; 17.78% Antoine Gizenga: 126,317 &#8211; 14.74% Joseph Kabila: 97,911 &#8211; 11.42% Politics: Mirroring the larger west-east split in the country, Bemba received more votes in this western region, while Kabila prevailed in the east. 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