The Burkinabè Communist Group (french: Groupe Communiste Burkinabè, GCB) was a
communist party
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in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. The GCB surged as a split from the
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party (french: Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïque, PCRV) is a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was founded on 1 October 1978, following a split in the Voltaic Communist Organization (OCV).
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in 1983, following the refusal of PCRV to support the revolutionary government of
Thomas Sankara.
In 1986 the GCB signed a declaration, together with the
Reconstructed Communist Struggle Union,
Union of Burkinabè Communists
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and
Revolutionary Military Organization
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, calling for revolutionary unity. At that time the GCB held one minister in the government, Watamou Lamien, Minister of Information and Culture.
In 1989 the GCB left the government, following its refusal to join
ODP/MT. The GCB turned clandestine. In April 1989 it split in two factions, one led by
Salif Diallo
Salif Diallo (9 May 1957 – 19 August 2017) was a Burkinabé politician who was President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2015 to 2017. He was a key associate of President Blaise Compaoré from the 1980s to the 2000s, serving in v ...
joined the ODP/MT. The other, led by Jean-Marc Palm became the
Movement for Socialist Democracy
Movement for Socialist Democracy (in French language, French: ''Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste'') was a political party in Burkina Faso. The MDS surged when the Burkinabè Communist Group split in April 1989. In March 1991 it took the n ...
(MDS) in March 1991.
Formerly ruling communist parties
Political parties established in 1983
Communist parties in Burkina Faso
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso
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