African Regroupment Party-Senegal (in French: ''Parti du Regroupement Africain-Sénégal'') was a

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. Formed in September 1958, following a split in the

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(UPS). PRA adhered to the African Regroupment Party (PRA). The party published the newspaper ''Indépendance Africaine''.Coleman, James Smoot, and Carl Gustav Rosberg.
Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa
'. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. 58 In 1964 PRA-Sénégal split, and a minority formed African Regroupment Party-Renewal (PRA-Rénovation) which opted for quick merger with UPS. In 1966 PRA-Sénégal rejoined UPS.

Sources

*Zuccarelli, François. ''La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988)''. Paris: CHEAM, 1988.

References

1958 establishments in French West Africa African and Black nationalist parties in Africa Defunct political parties in Senegal Political parties established in 1958 {{Senegal-party-stub