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- 1 2 "Gouvernement du 1er mars 2007 : Iniquité et part du lion du MNSD", Roue de l'Histoire, number 342, 7 March 2007 (in French).
- ↑ History of the UDPS-Amana (in French).
- ↑ "Gouvernments de la transition de Tandja Mamadou" Archived 2009-11-18 at the Wayback Machine , official Nigerien presidency web site (in French).
- ↑ "Niger : President Mamadou Tandja approves new govt." [ permanent dead link ], African Press Agency, 9 June 2007.
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