Burundi Workers' Party

Burundi Workers' Party

Parti des travailleurs du Burundi
Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi
Burundi Workers' Party Parti des travailleurs du Burundi; Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi
Founded	1979
Dissolved	1986
Succeeded by	Front for Democracy in Burundi
Ideology	Communism; Marxism-Leninism
	Politics of Burundi; Political parties; Elections;

Burundi Workers' Party (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi: Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.

The party was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and several others.[1]

When UBU was disbanded, followers of Ndadaye regrouped into the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU).

References

Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.

Sources

Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. 2nd ed. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-8108-3261-5)

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[Waegenaere-1] Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.