Unified Socialist Party (Burkina Faso)

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Unified Socialist Party
LeaderBenoît Lompo
Founded2001
Split fromBurkinabè Socialist Party
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationSocialist Alliance

Unified Socialist Party (in French: Parti Socialiste Unifié) is a political party in Burkina Faso. PSU was founded in 2001, following a split from the Burkinabè Socialist Party (PSB).

The party is led by . PSU is part of the (OBU) and the Socialist Alliance (together with the ). However, the decision of the Socialist Alliance to support Dr. Emile Paré in the 2005 presidential elections has strained the relations between PSU and OBU.


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