The African Independence Party () was a

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 ideological or p ...

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 ...

, led by Soumane Touré. It was formed in 1999 when Touré broke away from the original PAI. Touré's PAI joined the government and obtained the legal recognition to the name PAI. At the

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, 5 May 2002, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 5 out of 111 seats. Touré won 1.1% of the vote in the presidential elections of 2005. At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won 1 seat. The party published ''L'Avant-Garde''. Touré's PAI lost the registration of the party name in June 2011. In September 2011 Touré founded a new party, the

Party of Independence, Labour and Justice The Party of Independence, Labour and Justice (french: Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice, abbreviated PITJ) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The veteran trade union leader and former general secretary of the African Ind ...

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