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- ↑ "Elections législatives : Sont déclarées candidats aux élections législatives de l'Union des Comores les personnes dont les noms suivent". Comores-Infos (in French). 105. 18 April 2004. ISSN 1620-7289. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Les conditions de la Femme aux Comores - Le travail" (in French). Holambe Comores. 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
