The Union for the Republic (french: Union pour la République) is a registered

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 UPR is currently led by

Toussaint Abel Coulibaly ''Toussaint'' (French for All Saints' Day, literally: "All Saints") may refer to: * Toussaint (name) (list of people named Toussaint) * Toussaint, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the arrondissement of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime département of Fr ...

. At the

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, 6 May 2007, the party won 5 out of 111 seats. During the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, protesters raided and burned down Coulibaly's home. He had supported the former government of

Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.

, who had ruled since he came into power via a ''

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'' in 1987.

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