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• APA style

  Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability. (2006). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 04:04, February 8, 2012 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability.

• MLA style

  "Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2006. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 8 Feb 2012 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, 2006, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability> [Accessed 8 February 2012]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability (Accessed 8 February 2012)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; 2006 [cited 2012 Feb 8]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability.

• Bluebook style

  Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability (Last visited February 8, 2012).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability (Optional description here) (as of Feb. 8, 2012, 03:04 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Sub-Saharan Africa: Mineral resources and political instability. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2006. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/sub-saharan-africa-mineral-resources-and-political-instability. Accessed February 08, 2012.