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Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty

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<strong>Political</strong> <strong>Parties</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>: <strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>Multiparty</strong> Democracy<br />

IDEA and research partners have carried out research and <strong>in</strong>terviews with political<br />

parties <strong>in</strong> 19 countries, altogether cover<strong>in</strong>g 71 major political parties (see Table 1.1).<br />

In 11 countries, research was only done on the national context and the national<br />

legislation and regulations of political parties; no <strong>in</strong>terviews with political parties<br />

where conducted <strong>in</strong> these cases. This is <strong>in</strong>dicated <strong>in</strong> the table below by ‘National<br />

regulations only’.<br />

Table 1.1: The major <strong>Africa</strong>n political parties<br />

Country Party name (English) Party name (nations<br />

language)<br />

Angola National regulations<br />

only<br />

Ben<strong>in</strong> National regulations<br />

only<br />

Botswana National regulations<br />

only<br />

Burk<strong>in</strong>a Faso Alliance <strong>for</strong> Democracy<br />

and Federation-<strong>Africa</strong>n<br />

Democratic Rally<br />

Congress <strong>for</strong><br />

Democracy and<br />

Progress<br />

National Union <strong>for</strong><br />

Democracy and<br />

Development<br />

Party <strong>for</strong> Democracy<br />

and Progress/Socialist<br />

Party<br />

Union <strong>for</strong> Rebirth/<br />

Sankarist Movement<br />

Cape Verde National regulations<br />

only<br />

Côte d’Ivoire National regulations<br />

only<br />

Democratic Republic<br />

of the Congo (DRC)<br />

Congolese Rally <strong>for</strong><br />

Democracy<br />

Movement <strong>for</strong> the<br />

Liberation of Congo<br />

People’s Party<br />

<strong>for</strong> Democratic<br />

Reconstruction<br />

Alliance pour la<br />

Démocratie et<br />

la Fédération-<br />

Rassemblement<br />

Démocratique <strong>Africa</strong><strong>in</strong><br />

Congrès pour la<br />

Démocratie et le<br />

Progrès<br />

Union Nationale pour<br />

la Démocratie et le<br />

Développement<br />

Parti pour la<br />

Démocratie et<br />

le Progrès/ Parti<br />

Socialiste<br />

Union pour la<br />

Renaissance/<br />

Mouvement Sankariste<br />

Rassemblement<br />

Congolais pour la<br />

Démocratie<br />

Mouvement pour la<br />

Libération du Congo<br />

Parti du Peuple pour<br />

la Reconstruction et la<br />

Démocratie<br />

Acronym<br />

ADF/ RDA<br />

CDP<br />

UNDD<br />

PDS/PS;<br />

UNIR/MS<br />

RCD<br />

MLC<br />

PPRD

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