Entente of Independents of Ivory Coast (french: Entente des Indépendents de Côte d'Ivoire, EDICI) was a splinter group of the

Democratic Party of Ivory Coast Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

(PDCI). EDICI was founded in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

in the end of 1949. It was led by Vamé Doumouya and Touré Amidou. In the beginning of 1950 the

Union of Independents of Ivory Coast The Union of Independents of Ivory Coast (french: Union des Indépendents de Côte d'Ivoire, UICI) was a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI). UICI was founded in Bouaké in the end of 1949. It was led by N'Dia Koffi Blaise ...

(UICI) merged into EDICI. EDICI was fiercely pro-

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and

anticommunist Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the ...

. In 1951 EDICI merged with the

Progressive Party of Ivory Coast The Progressive Party of Ivory Coast (french: Parti Progressiste de Côte d'Ivoire) was a pro-France political party in Ivory Coast. History The party was established in 1946 as a successor to the Patriotic Action Committee of Ivory Coast (Comité ...

(PPCI) to form the

Party of the French Union of Ivory Coast Party of the French Union of Ivory Coast (french: Parti de l'Union française de Côte d'Ivoire, PUFCI) was a political party in colonial Ivory Coast. PUFCI was formed in 1951 through the merger of the Progressive Party of Ivory Coast (PPCI) and E ...

(PUFCI).

References

Source: Gbagbo, Laurent: ''Côte d'Ivoire, Pour une alternative démocratique''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1983. Anti-communist parties Defunct political parties in Ivory Coast Political parties established in 1949 Political parties disestablished in 1951 Political parties in French West Africa {{Coted'Ivoire-stub