The African Independence Party () was a

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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

, 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 (PITJ).aOuaga.
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