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Voltaic Communist Organization (, OCV) was a
communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
in the country now known as
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 ...
. It was founded in 1971 out of the student milieu. In 1978 OCV split in two, the pro-
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Communist Struggle Union (ULC) and the pro-
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Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party (french: Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïque, PCRV) is a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was founded on 1 October 1978, following a split in the Voltaic Communist Organization (OCV). The PCRV ...
(PCRV). Communist parties in Burkina Faso Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Political parties established in 1971 Political parties disestablished in 1978 Defunct Maoist parties Maoism in Africa {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub