The Burkinabè Communist Group (, GCB) was a communist party in

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 ...

. The GCB surged as a split from the

Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party (, 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 follows the political line of the now defunct A ...

in 1983, following the refusal of PCRV to support the revolutionary government of

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983, following his takeover in a coup, until ...

. In 1986 the GCB signed a declaration, together with the

Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed The Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed (, ULC-R) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-R was formed in 1983 as a continuation of the Union of Communist Struggles (ULC). Generally ULC-R was simply called 'ULC'. ULC-R promoted 'P ...

Union of Burkinabé Communists Union of Burkinabè Communists (in French: ''Union des Communistes Burkinabè'') was a communist party in Burkina Faso. UCB was founded in August 1984 by the Group for the Unity of Marxists–Leninists (''Groupe pour l'Unité des Marxistes-Lé ...

and Revolutionary Military Organization, calling for revolutionary unity. In 1989 the GCB left the government, following its refusal to join ODP/MT. The GCB turned clandestine. In April 1989 it split into two factions, one led by

Salif Diallo Salif Diallo (9 May 1957 – 19 August 2017) was a Burkinabé politician who was President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2015 to 2017. He was a key associate of President Blaise Compaoré from the 1980s to the 2000s, serving in ...

joined the ODP/MT. The other, led by Jean-Marc Palm became the Movement for Socialist Democracy (MDS) in March 1991.

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Communist parties in Burkina Faso Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Formerly ruling communist parties Political parties established in 1983 {{CP-stub