Party for National Unity and Development

The Party for National Unity and Democracy (Commonly: PUND–Salama, French: Parti pour l'unité nationale et la démocratie) is a small political party in the West African state of Niger. Its slogan "Salama", is an Arabic loan word meaning "Peace" in the Hausa language. The party was one of two parties active in the National Assembly of Niger during the Third Republic (1993-1996) which relied on a base among the Tuareg and other communities of the north of the nation.^[1]

It won three seats in the 12 January 1995 elections where it joined the Alliance of the Forces of Change coalition of President Mahamane Ousmane, the first and last time it achieved national office.^[2]

References

1. Emmanuel Grégoire. Cohabitation au Niger. 1995.
2. NIGER: Parliamentary Chamber: Assemblée nationale, ELECTIONS HELD IN 1993. International parliamentary Union.

• André Salifou. Evolution du processus démocratique nigérien de 1991 à 1999. Conférence régionale africaine préparatoire à la IVe Conférence mondiale sur les démocraties nouvelles et rétablies (Cotonou-Bénin, 4-6 décembre 2000)
• Niger Assessment Mission Final Report, February 2 to 14, 1998. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, American Center for International Labor Solidarity, (United States).
• Electoral assistance program in Niger : legislative elections, January 12, 1995 -- debriefing and analysis. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), USAID. Mission to Niger.
• Jibrin Ibrahim. Transition et successions politiques au Niger pp. 189–216 in Mamadou Diouf (ed.) Les figures du politique en Afrique: des pouvoirs hérités aux pouvoirs élus. Codesria, KARTHALA Editions, (1999) ISBN 2-86537-964-7