Democratic Union Issa
The Democratic Union Issa (UDI) was a political party of French Somaliland and the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.
History
It is created in the early 1960s by militants allied with Mahmoud Harbi in 1957, choosing to vote for maintaining the territory under French sovereignty in 1958. He then led by Hassan Gouled Aptidon. During the 1960s, the UDI includes the Issas opposed the Popular Movement Party, Independence. Then headed by Omar Farah Iltireh, UDI call to vote in favor of maintaining the territory under French sovereignty during March 1967 referendum.
In 1967, the IDU would have around 100 members. As one of four political territory allowed to stand for election, she won the local elections in November 1968 in the riding of Ali Sabieh and obtained three seats in the Territorial Assembly 3 . In 1971, she again won the election in Ali Sabieh. as the "people of the Rally Issa". In February 1972, it merged with two other parties to form the African People's League for the Independence (LPAI)
Bibliography
- Ali Coubba, Djibouti, une nation en orage, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1993
- Fantu Agonafer, Djibouti's Three-Front Struggle for Independence: 1967-77, PhD, University of Denver, 1979, 204 p.
- Tholomier (Robert), A Djibouti, avec les Afars et les Issas, Cagnes-sur-mer, auto-édité (sous le pseudonyme de Robert Saint-Véran), 1977, 272 p.