{"id":1664,"date":"2004-09-12T17:44:45","date_gmt":"2004-09-12T21:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:57:28","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T21:57:28","slug":"map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-maniema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/map-election-2006-places-politics-and-players-maniema\/1664\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joseph Kabila: 454,547 &#8211; 89.80%<br \/>\nJean-Pierre Bemba: 1909 &#8211; 0.38%<br \/>\n<\/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 eastern province is sparsely populated and fairly isolated. 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