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Union of Burkinabè Communists (in French: ''Union des Communistes Burkinabè'') 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 ...
. UCB was founded in August 1984 by the Group for the Unity of Marxists–Leninists (''Groupe pour l'Unité des Marxistes-Léninistes'', GUML, founded in 1983), the
Marxist–Leninist Group Marxist–Leninist Group () 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 ...
(''Groupe Marxiste-Léniniste'', founded in 1979 through a split in 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 ...
) and one other group. In 1986 it signed the appeal of four organizations for revolutionary unity and support to 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 1987 Sankara tried to marginalize the UCB. This was one of the factors that provoked the 1987 coup d'état, as the UCB was close to the coup leader
Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.
. Together with smaller groups, the UCB founded the
Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement The Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement () was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso from 1989 to 1996. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization (OMR) and f ...
in 1989. Communist parties in Burkina Faso Defunct communist parties Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Formerly ruling communist parties Political parties established in 1984 Political parties established in 1989 {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub