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- ↑ Africa Renaissance Time (2008-12-12), Melchior Wagara & Jean Bosco Ndikumana , retrieved 2024-01-04
- ↑ Lemarchand, Rene; Lemarchand, René (2012-04-18). The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0259-5.
- ↑ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/afr160062008en.pdf
- 1 2 https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/60054/burundi-suspected-coup-plotters-be-charged-attorney-general-says
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