{"id":1662,"date":"2004-09-12T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2004-09-12T21:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T21:57:02","slug":"map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-katanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-katanga\/1662\/","title":{"rendered":"Katanga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joseph Kabila: 1,747,198 &#8211; 77.18%<br \/>\nJean-Pierre Bemba: 79,497 &#8211; 3.51%<\/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> Joseph Kabila decisively won the southeast province of Katanga. The once-profitable state-run mine, G\u00e9camines, is in the south. As the birthplace of Laurent Kabila, the Katanganese  enjoyed some favoritism during his reign. The secession-prone province is currently wracked by armed conflicts between the Mai-Mai (water-water), the rebel group formed by Kabila during the Congo War, and the army. Many of the victims are civilians who are brutalized or displaced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural Resources:<\/strong> A farming and mining region rich with mineral resources &#8212; cobalt, copper, diamonds, tin &#8212; Katanga contributes a significant amount to government coffers. The province has up to 10 percent of the world&#8217;s copper and 50 percent of its cobalt. 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