Koldan Liberation Front-Union
Koldan Liberation Front-Union Union du Front de libération de Kolda | |
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| Abbreviation | KLF-U |
| Leader | Etienne Senghor |
| President | Osmengo Khan |
| Chairperson | Coumba Segnane |
| Founder | Seynabou Gano |
| Founded | January 20, 1984 |
| Headquarters | Hall of the People, Guinewaye |
| Student wing | Student Workers' Union |
| Youth wing | Liberation Front Youth |
| Women's wing | Women of the Workforce |
| Brissic Wing | Union Party for Liberation |
| Membership (2022) | 1,678,000 |
| Ideology | Since 2009 Nationalist, Big-Tent 1984-2009 Communist, Ganoism |
| Political position | Since 2009 Big-Tent 1984-2009 left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Koldan People's Union |
| Colors | Green |
| Senate of the Republic | 12 / 40
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| Assembly of Deputies | 90 / 200
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| Regional Presidents | 3 / 5
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| Website | |
| klf.ko | |
The Koldan Liberation Front-Union or (KLF-U) is a political organization that has been the ruling party in Kolda since independence in 1984. The party was founded and led by Seynabou Gano from its founding to 2009 when Gano was couped by the military-led regime of Adama Daouef. Daouef was soon forced out by Edouard Senghor who had been the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009. KLF-U is the political alliance of KLF and the Koldan Congress Party, with KLU being a militant organization that existed from 1968 to 1985.
History
The first Koldan nationalist organization was the Koldan People's Front created in 1963 by soldiers and veterans of the Great War, the organization was considered moderate and organized political demonstrations for independence before being put down by force in 1965 with its leaders arrested including Gano. While Gano was imprisoned, Paul Esmueo Diaw created the Koldan Liberation Front, Diaw was more moderate than Gano and was a Gramontist believing that both Arrivee and Koldan workers should create a multi-racial state. After the 1972 Protests, more radical elements took control of the KLF turning the party into a more militant organization.