The Party of Labour of Burkina () was a
political 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 ...
(formerly
Upper Volta).
The PTB was a
Marxist-Leninist party founded in 1990 as a split from the
Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement
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(ODP-MT) mainly by former members of the
Union of Burkinabè Communists
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. It merged with the
Party for Democracy and Progress in February 1996.
The secretary general of the PTB
Oumarou Clément Ouédraogo Oumarou is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aboubakar Oumarou (born 1987), Cameroonian football player
* Bah Oumarou Sanda, Cameroonian diplomat
* Ide Oumarou (1937–2002), Nigerian diplomat and politician
* Karim Oumarou, Nig ...
was killed in 1991.
Communist parties in Burkina Faso
Labour parties
Political parties established in 1990
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso
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