The Union of Democratic Forces-New Era (''Union des Forces Démocratiques-Ère Nouvelle'') was a

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Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

, founded in

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and dissolved in

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. The secretary-general of the party was Ahmed Ould Daddah. In February

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the five-party Front of Opposition Parties (FPO), including the UFD-EN, was formed; it boycotted the December 1997 presidential election, in which

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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ( ar, معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع, Ma‘āwiyah wuld Sīdi Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭāya‘ / Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya; born 28 November 1941) is a Mauritanian military officer who served as the P ...

was easily re-elected. The party was weakened by a number of splits during its existence. In

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, a faction of the party led by

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, which was known as the UFD/B and later became the

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, split from the faction under Daddah's leadership. The UFD-EN under Daddah's leadership boycotted the January

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local election, in which the faction under Ould Maouloud participated. In October

, the UFD-EN was dissolved by the Government, which alleged that it incited violence and harmed national interests. A successor party, the

Rally of Democratic Forces The Rally of Democratic Forces (french: Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques, RFD), or Assembly of Democratic Forces, is a political party in Mauritania. It is led by Ahmed Ould Daddah. In October 2000, the Union of Democratic Forces-New Era ...

(RFD), was subsequently established, with Daddah as its president."Mauritania: Update to MRT39363.E of 25 September 2002 on the Union of Democratic Forces-New Era (Union des forces démocratiques-Ère nouvelle, UFD-EN) and its successor, the Rally of Democratic Forces (Rassemblement des forces démocratiques, RFD), including the treatment of its members by government authorities (2002-October 2004)"
Responses to Information Requests, Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada, UNHCR.org.

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