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- ↑ "Assemblée Nationale de Guinée". assembleeguinee.org (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ "Election du 22 mars : Voici la liste des nouveaux députés guinéens". laguinee224.com (in French). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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