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- ↑ Shivute, Oswald (27 February 2006). "Oshigambo village in the North under water". The Namibian . Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ Shaanika Helvi,"Another body found in Oshigambo river", New Era , 13 April 2011
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