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- ↑ Europa Publications (2004). Africa South of the Sahara 2004, Volume 33. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 1-85743-183-9.
- ↑ Lemarchand, René, "Burundi: ethnic conflict and genocide." Cambridge University Press (1996) ISBN 978-0-521-56623-0. Page xvii. Retrieved February 26, 2011
- ↑ Lemarchand, René (1996). Burundi: ethnic conflict and genocide. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 0-521-56623-1.
- ↑ "Burundi: Vice-President Resigns". Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series. Vol. 44. December 2007. pp. 17296A–17296C.
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