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- ↑ Biografia de Armando Emilio Guebuza Sopra Educaçao
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- ↑ Candidates for Deputy in People's Assembly Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1857-1867, p42
- ↑ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p297
- ↑ AIM Information Bulletin, issues 114–125, p9
- ↑ Samora, why He Died, 1986, p66
- ↑ China International Fund-SPI: the chinese Frelimo connection IESE