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- ↑ "Remaniement ministériel au Rwanda, Makuza reste Premier ministre", AFP, March 8, 2008 (in French).
- ↑ List of ministers in the Rwandan government, presse-francophone.org (accessed July 29, 2009) (in French).
- ↑ "Remaniement ministériel au Rwanda, le Premier ministre inchangé", Angola Press Agency, 7 May 2011 (in French).
- ↑ "Murigande presents credentials in Japan", The New Times, 5 October 2011.