Coast, Niger, Upper Volta, and Dahomey which worked to maintain connections to France while becoming independent. French Sudan initially joined a brief federation with Senegal called the Mali Federation, bringing RDA leader Keïta and PRA leader Senghor together. However, this broke apart and the French Sudan (now the independent country called Mali) instead joined an informal grouping with Ghana and Guinea called the Union of African States which pushed for pan-African alternatives to Senghor's socialism and the Conseil de l'Entente continued linkages with France. Although the name Rassemblement Démocratique Africain and identification with this regional grouping remained in many of the local parties, the RDA as a regional party would never form again after the vote of 1958. National RDA parties The following were parties which were directly members of the regional RDA at some point. Some of the parties directly integrated RDA into their names, and these names remained even after the regional coalition ended. French West Africa Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) Dahomey (currently Benin) Dahomeyan Progressive Union (UPD) (1946-September 1948) Both the Dahomeyan Democratic Union (UDD) and the Dahomeyan Democratic Rally (RDD) claimed to be the RDA affiliate after the mid-1950s. French Sudan (currently Mali) Progressive Sudanese Party (PSP) (only a member at 1946 party congress) Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally (US/RDA) (after November 1946) Guinea Democratic Party of Guinea Mauritania No major RDA affiliated party Niger Nigerien Progressive Party (leadership change in 1951) Senegal Senegalese Democratic Union (1946–51) Senegalese Popular Movement (after 1951) Upper Volta (currently Burkino Faso) Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally French Togoland (currently Togo) No major RDA affiliated party French Equatorial Africa Chad Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) Oubangui-Chari (currently Central African Republic) Union Oubanguienne French Congo (currently The Republic of Congo) Congolese Progressive Party (PPC) (1946–57) Democratic Union for Defense of African Interests (UDDIA) (after 1957) Gabon Gabonese Mixed Committee (CMG) French Cameroon (currently part of Cameroon) Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (1946–50) Coalitions with political parties The RDA maintained ties with a number of parties in France and in West Africa. Brief rapprochements with African parties never formed into solid coalitions, but the relationships with some French political parties lasted for many years. These included formal coalitions, brief partnerships, and loose affiliations. In addition, a number of parties opposed the RDA and worked against the party. Party affiliations of the RDA (approximate dates) References Bibliography External resources 1946 establishments