The Front for Democracy in Burundi–Nyakuri (french: Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi–Nyakuri, FRODEBU-Nyakuri), also known as Sahwanya Frodebu Iragi rya Ndadaye, is a political party in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...
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History
The party was established in June 2008 as a breakaway from the
Front for Democracy in Burundi
The Front for Democracy in Burundi (french: link=no, Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) is a Hutu progressive political party in Burundi.
History
It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Worker ...
(FRODEBU) by
Jean Minani and eleven other party members.
[Burundi Inama Nshingamateka (National Assembly): Last elections]
IPU
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Supportive of the governing CNDD–FDD, it took the name "Nyakuri", meaning "genuine".[
Although the 2010 parliamentary elections were boycotted by the opposition, FRODEBU-Nyakuri contested the elections, winning five of the 106 seats in the ]National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
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References
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Political parties in Burundi
Political parties established in 2008
2008 establishments in Burundi