African National Party

African National Party ( _fr. Parti national africain, PNA) was a political party in Chad. PNA was founded on January 30, 1960, through the merger remnants of four parties based in the Muslim-dominated northern Chad; African Socialist Movement, Chadian Social Action, Independent Democratic Union of Chad and Grouping of Rural and Independent Chadians. Initially, PNA held 25 seats in the National Assembly, but the party suffered from defections to the Chadian Progressive Party, first the number of MPs went down to 17 and then to ten. In April 1961 PNA merged with the Chadian Progressive Party at a Unity Congress in Abéché, forming the Union for the Progress of Chad (UPT).Decalo, Samuel. " [http://www.jstor.org/stable/160409 Regionalism, Political Decay, and Civil Strife in Chad] ", published in "The Journal of Modern African Studies", Vol. 18, No. 1 (Mar., 1980), pp. 23-56] [http://www.questia.com/read/6869963?title=Tchad]

This alliance did however become shortlived, as PNA issued their own candidate lists for elections. In 1961 PNA leaders were arrested, in January 1962 the party was banned. [Stohl, Michael. "The Politics of Terrorism. Public administration and public policy". New York: M. Dekker, 1988. p. 476] In 1963, the PNA leader Djbrinne Kherallah declared that the PNA would not agree to dissolve itself. [Magrin, Géraud. "Le sud du Tchad en mutation: des champs de coton aux sirènes de l'or noir. Pour mieux connaître le Tchad". Montpellier: CIRAD, 2001. p. 32]

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