The Afar Democratic Union (french: Union Democratique Afar, UDA) was a political party of the

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI; french: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas) was the name given to present-day Djibouti between 1967 and 1977, while it was still an overseas territory of France. The area was former ...

History

Created in 1960–1961 by Orbiss Gaddito and Mohamed Kamil Mohamed, the party was joined by Ali Aref Bourhan and

Ahmed Dini Ahmed Dini Ahmed (1932 – 12 September 2004) ( aa, Acmad Diini Acmad, ar, أحمد ديني أحمد) was a Djiboutian politician. He was trained as a health technician and entered the political realm at age 26. He served as Vice-president ...

in 1962. The UDA won the territorial elections in 1963. In 1965, Ali Aref left the UDA after losing control of the party, instead creating the Afar Democratic Rally (RDA). The UDA was close to the Party of Popular Movement (PMP), with which it organized an independence demonstration in August 1966. It supports the maintenance of the territory under French sovereignty in the March 1967 referendum.

References

*Oberle (Philippe), Hugot (Pierre) 985History of Djibouti - Origins to the Republic, Paris, Dakar, Presence Africaine (repr. 1996), 346 p. *Ali Coubba

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Ahmed Dini and politics in Djibouti, Paris, L'Harmattan, 235 p. Defunct political parties in Djibouti Democratic socialist parties in Africa French Territory of the Afars and the Issas Socialism in Djibouti {{Djibouti-stub