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References
- 1 2 Annexe 1 - Institutions au Burundi 2018.
- ↑ Burundi Assemblée nationale 2010-2015.
- ↑ Atelier Sous-regional de Sensibilisation.
- ↑ Nkurunziza 2015.
- ↑ Rwanda expels over 1,500 Burundians.
- ↑ Habonimana 2016.
- ↑ Burundi : Le marais de Nyavyamo.
- ↑ Lyu Tianran 2017.
- ↑ Kirundo: le Gouverneur dément les rumeurs.
- ↑ Governor of Kirundo province asks people ABP.
- ↑ Jean De Dieu 2019.
- ↑ Visite d’une délégation de l’CCC.
- ↑ Une partie du prêt-bourse des étudiants.
- ↑ Ndayishimiye 2023.
