The Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba (french: Parti pour la démocratie et le socialisme/Metba, links=no, abbreviated PDS/Metba) is 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 ...

. PDS/Metba was founded on 31 March 2012 through the merger of

Party for Democracy and Socialism The Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) was a registered political party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). In 1999 the African Independence Party (PAI) split, and Soumane Touré formed a ...

of Hama Arba Diallo, African Independence Party of Philippe Ouédraogo, the Citizens League of Builders of Dr. Jean-Marie Sanou and Faso Metba of Etienne Traoré.''l'Observateur''.
PDS/Metba : Une étoile verte dans le ciel politique burkinabè
''''Sidwaya''.
Le PDS/Metba convoite 50 députés
'' At the founding congress of the party, Hama Arba Diallo was elected chairman of the party, Etienne Traoré and Jean-Marie Sanou as vice chairmen and Ibrahima Koné et au and Blaise Somé (Professor at the

University of Ouagadougou Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou (UO; french: Université de Ouagadougou) is in the area of Dagnöen Nord (pronounced dag-no-en noor) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Profes ...

) as general secretaries.

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