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- ↑ "Ville de Dakar: Khalifa Ababacar Sall devient le 19e maire". Rewmi.com (in French). Senegal. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. (Includes list of former mayors)
- ↑ G. Wesley Johnson (1991). Naissance du Sénégal contemporain: aux origines de la vie politique moderne (1900-1920) (in French). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-277-5.
- ↑ "Senegal: Soham El Wardini Elected Mayor of Dakar by City Council - JeuneAfrique.com".
