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- ↑ "Sky FM 107". afdevinfo.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Bill Glucroft (19 December 2008). "Good morning, Liberian media". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Danielle Shapiro (23 March 2010). "Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.