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- ↑ "Le groupe - CDG Développement". www.cdgdev.ma. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ↑ "Taghazout sur les railsCe que contient le projet de relance". L'Economiste (in French). 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2017-08-24.