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- ↑ "Spotlight Falls on Osire Refugees" by Petronella Sibenene, New Era , 19 June 2008
- ↑ Andima, Jordaania; Kenyon, Jack (26 June 2014). "Alone in a crowd ... the story of Osire Refugee Camp inhabitants". The Namibian .
- 1 2 USCRI [ permanent dead link ] Trapped in Osire Refugee Camp
- ↑ Medilinkz Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 20 Oct 2003: NAMIBIA: Unrest at Osire refugee camp
- ↑ Namibia National Society for Human Rights Archived 2010-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Government washes hands off 41 refugees
- ↑ "Botswana to deport runaway refugees", The Namibian 9 Oct 2009, by Nangula Shejavali
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