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- ↑ "Debates- Friday, 21st October, 2011". National Assembly of Zambia. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ World Conference on Education for All UNESCO
- ↑ Graduate Theses in Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba 1915-2005 University of Manitoba
- ↑ Yong Zhou (2013) The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits: Natural Resources and Energy Division, U.N. Department of Technical Co-Operation for Development, Elsevier, p427
- ↑ Journal of African Marxists Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies
- ↑ "Low copper prices threaten nation's mining future", Times of Zambia, 9 September 1982
- ↑ Zambia Election Passport
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