African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence

African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence
Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l'Indépendance
PresidentOumar Mariko
ChairmanCheick Oumar Sissoko
Founded1996
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationIMCWP
ICS (defunct)
ColorsRed and yellow
National Assembly
3 / 147
Website
www.parti-sadi.com

African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence (French: Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l'Indépendance) is a communist party in Mali. It was founded by Cheick Oumar Sissoko and Oumar Mariko in 1996;[1] Sissoko is the party's President and Mariko is its Secretary-General, the top post in the party.[2] The party is Pan-Africanist in ideology, is affiliated internationally with the International Communist Seminar, a grouping organised by the Workers Party of Belgium,[3][4] and is in part an outgrowth of the 1991 demonstrations against the military rule of President Moussa Traoré. Mariko was head of the Association of Students and Pupils of Mali (AEEM) during the 1991 protest movement which overthrew the government.[5]

  1. ^ Benito Perez, "La faiblesse de l'État nous laisse une place pour imposer des alternatives" Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine,Le Courrier, 19 December 2006 (in French).
  2. ^ Présidentielle 2007 : Oumar Mariko, porte-étendard de SADI Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, L'Essor, 27 February 2007 (in French).
  3. ^ Leftist Parties of the World:Mali Archived 24 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Update: 24 July 2004
  4. ^ International Communist Seminar (Brussels): International Communist Movement / Workers Party of Belgium
  5. ^ "Malian opposition party urges CNDD not to yield to AU pressure", Panapress, 7 January 2009. "Gambia's Jammeh celebrates 17th year in power". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)