Leftist Parties of Burkina Faso

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02	OTHER
14th February Group	Groupe du 14 février						no part.	alliance of ADF/RDA, BSB, FFS, GDP, MTP, PAI, PDP-PS, PDSU, UDPI
African Independence Party [Ouédraogo]	Parti Africain de l'Indépendance [Ouédraogo]	PAI[O]	L'Avant-Garde	fax: +226-330260	com.	ex-SU	no part.	f. 1963, led by Philippe Ouédraogo
Party for Democracy and Socialism	Parti pour la démocratie et le socialisme	PDS		fax: +226-50343404	com.		2.54%	f. 2002
African Independence Party [Touré]	Parti Africain de l'Indépendance [Touré]	PAI[T]	L'Avant-Garde	tel. +226-50334666	com.	ex-SU	3.81%	f. 1999 as split from PAI, led by Soumane Touré, in government
Coalition of Democratic Forces	Coalition des Forces Démocratiques	CFD			center left.		4.62%	f. 2002 by Les Verts and others
Collectif of the Democratic Mass Organizations and Political Parties	Collectif des Organisations Démocratiques de Masse et de Partis Politiques	COD					no part.	alliance f. 1998 including Groupe du 14 février
Concertation of the Burkinabe Opposition	Concertation de l'Opposition Burkinabè	COB			center left.		not existing	alliance of 14 parties f. 2003
Congress for Democracy and Progress	Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès	CDP		e-mail	soc. dem.		52.13%	f. 1996, led by Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Convergence for Social Democracy	Convergence pour la Démocratie Sociale	CDS			sankarist		not existing	f. 2002 as split from UDPI, led by Djéjouma Sanon
Convergence of Hope	Convergence de l'Espoir				sankarist		not existing	f. 2004 as split from UNIR/MS, led by Jean-Hubert Bazié
Democratic and Popular Rally	Rassemblement Démocratique et Populaire	RDP		tel. +226-50360298	mod. sankarist		no part.	led by Nana Thibaut
Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina	Parti Écologiste pour le Développement du Burkina	PEDP		tel. +226-50431025	green		not existing	f. 2003, led by Yacouba Touré
Group of Patriotic Democrats	Groupe des Démocrates Patriotes	GDP		tel. +226-50361115			no part.	led by Issa Tiendrébéogo
Movement for Tolerance and Progress	Mouvement pour la Tolérance et le Progrès / Moog Teeb Panpaasgo	MTP		tel. +226-50364535	mod. sankarist		see CFD	f. 1987, led by Emmanuel Nayabtigungou Congo Kaboré
National Patriots' Party	Parti National des Patriotes	PNP		tel. +226-50344633	mod. sankarist		no part.	led by Idrissou Kouanda
Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party	Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès/Parti Socialiste	PDP/PS		tel. +226-50334480	soc. dem.		7.38%	led by Alain Zoubga, PDP merged with PSB in 2001
Patriotic Front for Change	Front Patriotique pour le Changement	FPC		tel. +226-70253245	sankarist		no part.	led by Tahirou Ibrahim Zon
People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party	Mouvement du Peuple pour le Socialisme / Parti Fédéral	MPS/ PF		tel. +226-50365072			not existing	f. 2002 as split from PDP/PS, led by Emile Paré
Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina	Rassemblement des Écologistes du Burkina	RDEB	Ecolo Magazine	tel. +226-76642955	green		not existing	f. 2003 as split from the Greens, led by Ram Ouédraogo
Sankarist Democratic Front	Front Démocratique Sankariste	FDS			rad. sankarist		not existing	f. 2004 as split from CPS, led by Fidèle Kientéga
Sankarist Panafrican Convention	Convention Panafricaine Sankariste	CPS		tel. +226-40457293	rad. sankarist		2.77%	merger of Bloc Socialiste Burkinabè, Parti de la Démocratie Sociale Unifié and faction of FFS in 2000, led by Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo
Social Forces Front	Front des Forces Sociales	FFS	Agir	e-mail	rad. sankarist		2.05%	f. 1996, led by Norbert Michel Tiendrébéogo
The Greens of Burkina	Les Verts du Burkina			fax: +226-363908	green	FPEA	see CFD	f. 1991 as Union des Verts pour le Développement du Burkina (UVDB), led by Ali Kassamba
Union for Renaissance/Sankarist Movement	Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste	UNIR/MS		tel. +226-50363045	sankarist		2.58%	f. 2000, led by Bénéwendé Sankara
Union of Independent Democrats and Patriots	Union des Démocrates et Patriotes Indépendants	UDPI		tel. +226-50 38 27 99	rad. sankarist		no part.	led by Joseph Somda Manoubome
United Burkinabe Opposition	Opposition Burkinabè Unie	OBU			rad. left.		not existing	f. 2003; alliance of MPS/PF, PSU, Parti de la Renaissance Nationale (PAREN), Convention Nationale des Démocrates Progressistes (CNDP), Parti Démocratique National (PDN)
United Socialist Party	Parti Socialiste Unifié	PSU		tel. +226-50312576	left. soc.		2.22%	f. 2001 as split from PSB, led by Benoît Lompo
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party	Parti Communiste Révolutionaire Voltaique	PCRV	Bug-Parga		stal.	ex-Alb., ICMLPO[H]	no part.	f. 1978
Parties probably disbanded Burkinabe Bolshevik Party (Parti Bolchévique Burkinabè), UNion of Sankarist Forces (Union des Forces Sankaristes)