Burundi: Defunct parties

Updated September 2006

For a more comprehensive list see Wikipedia (2004).

Party	Leaders
Parti des travailleurs du Burundi (UBU) Burundi Workers' Party	Founded in August 1979, disbanded in the mid-1980s
Kaze-Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (KAZE-FDD) Kaza-Forces for the Defense of Democracy	Leader: Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye Disbanded cMay 2005 to join FRODEBU
Solidarité Jeunesse pour la Défense des Droits des Minorités (SOJEDEM) Youth Solidarity for Defence of the Rights of Minorities	Leader: Déogratias Niyonzima Formed c1994

Main sources

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 2001 "Appendix II: Glossary of Burundian political parties and armed opposition groups relevant to the conflict in Burundi", IN Burundi: Between hope and fear, [www] http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR160072001?open&of=ENG-380 [opens new window] (accessed 22 Oct 2007).

BOSHOFF, H & VREY, M 2005, "Chapter 1: Historical Overview" IN A case study of Burundi, Institute for Security Studies, 5, [www] http://www.iss.co.za/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/M125CHAP1.PDF [PDF Document, opens new window] (accessed 22 Oct 2007).

UN OFFICE IN BURUNDI 2004, "Political Parties And Movements" IN Press Kit, [www] http://www.grandslacs.net/doc/3520.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 22 Oct 2007).

UNITED KINGDOM 2004, Burundi Country Report, Home Office, 77-89, [www] http://www.udi.no/upload/Pub/Tema/Integrering/KompendiumFlyktn2004/Burundi.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 22 Oct 2007).

WIKIPEDIA 2006, "List of political parties in Burundi" and pages following, [www] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Burundi [opens new window] (accessed 22 Oct 2007).