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- ↑ "German transportation company to build Luanda Surface Metro". Xinhua . 8 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.[ dead link ]
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- ↑ "Metro de superfície une Porto de Luanda à centralidade do Kilamba". vanguarda.co.ao. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.