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- ↑ AfricaNews (2020-06-29). "Women occupy 30% of Burundi's new cabinet". Africanews. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Burundi : Le Portail des Institutions". web.archive.org. 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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