The Democrat Union of Africa is an alliance of

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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. Founded in

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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, in 1997, it is affiliated with the global

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. It aims to bring together parties with similar aims and political goals, such as the protection of

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and

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, from the whole of

, with its headquarters being found in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

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2019 Meeting in Accra, Ghana

A meeting of the Democrat Union of Africa occurred with the support of the IDU on 3–5 February 2019 in

. 17 parties from within the DUA were represented at this meeting. The Meeting was opened by the

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of Ghana's

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, John Bouadu. President of the

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, was elected chairman of DUA at this meeting, and

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took the role as Honorary Patron of the Democratic Union of Africa. The title was accepted for him on his behalf by

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, H:E Dr

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. In an address to Ghanaian media at the meeting in Accra, IDU Secretary General Christian Kattner said that, ‘we need a strong Democrat Union of Africa offering a sustainable network for political parties on the African continent, fighting together for freedom and democracy in order to ensure a better life of all people of Africa.’

Interim Steering Committee

The Interim Steering Committee was elected at the Meeting in Accra in February 2019. The results of the election are as follows; * Chairman: Mr

, Leader of the Opposition and President of the Popular Democratic Movement of Namibia * Vice-Chairman for North Africa: Mr. Rahhal El Makkaoui, Member of the Executive Committee in Charge of International Relations, Istiqlal Party, Morocco * Vice-Chairman for East Africa: Mrs. Ingrid Turinawe Kamateneti, Secretary for Mobilization, Forum for Democratic Change, Uganda * Vice Chairman for West Africa: Mr. John Boadu, Secretary General, New Patriotic Party, Ghana * Representative: Mrs. Linette Olofsson, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Movement, Mozambique, for women and for the Portuguese-speaking communities of Africa * Representative: Mrs. N’guessan Edwidge Wassa Aamoin, Parti Democratique, Côte d`Ivoire, for youth and the French-speaking communities of Africa

Member parties

Full Members

Observer members

Footnotes

External links

Democrat Union of Africa official website
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