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- ↑ "Umushikiranganji wo Kugwanya Sida mu Burundi Asaba Abashingamateka Gusiramuza Abana Babo" . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "Burundi : Le Portail des Institutions". 2008-11-06. Archived from the original on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Burundi_2018.pdf?lang=en
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