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The Africa Liberal Network (ALN) is an organization composed of 28 political parties from 22 African countries, and is an associated organisation of Liberal International, the political family to which Liberal Democratic parties belong. The ALN serves to promote liberal objectives and principles throughout the African continent.

Parties involved in the ALN agree to a policy stating that they: exist to ensure the freedom and dignity of all people through; establishing political and civil rights, ensuring basic freedoms, the rule of law, democratic government based on free and fair elections with peaceful transition, ensuring religious, gender, and minority rights, fighting corruption, and establishing free market economies.

Development

The network developed from what was originally the Organisation of African Liberal Parties and was established during an initial meeting of parties in Mombasa, Kenya in July 2001. It was formally launched at a subsequent meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2003. This meeting adopted the Johannesburg Declaration, committing the parties to core liberal democratic principles. The network is now run from the Liberal Democrats' headquarters in London, England, but the hope is to have more regional based representation of the Network in the future. At present, however, the focus is on laying the foundation for the network and ensuring that it is sustainable before such a move is contemplated. The Westminster Foundation for Democracy primarily supports the ALN, and since its inception it has maintained a mutually beneficial relationship with other partners. To ensure sustainability the ALN is seeking to diversity and broaden its support and partnership base to include other institutions.

Objectives

The Africa Liberal Network's objectives are:

• Facilitate the development and growth of Liberal Democratic parties.
• Encourage solidarity among member parties with the aim of assisting them to achieve power through democratic means.
• Establish an alliance of like-minded Liberal Democratic parties in Africa for sharing information and experiences.

Projects and Activities

The ALN's projects focus on: coordination and leadership meetings; election/campaign support; policy development; party organisation and development; political education, civic awareness, voter education and registration; joint policy positions; training seminars, workshops; gender and youth mainstreaming; information and Skills exchange through visits, website, bulletin, publications, research.

Members

 Botswana

• Botswana Movement for Democracy BMD

 Burkina Faso

• Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally ADF-RDA

 Burundi

• Alliance Démocratique pour le Renouveau ADR

 Côte d'Ivoire

• Rally of the Republicans RDR

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

• National Alliance of Democrats for Reconstruction ANADER
• Alliance pour le Renouveau du Congo ARC
• Union pour la Réconstruction du Congo UREC

 Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Democratic Party EDP

 Guinea

• Parti de l'Unité et du Libéralisme Social PULS

 Kenya

• Orange Democratic Movement ODM

 Madagascar

• Movement for the Progress of Madagascar MFM

 Malawi

• Forum for Democratic Devolution FDD
• United Democratic Front UDF

 Mali

• Parti citoyen pour le renouveau PCR

 Morocco

• Popular Movement MP
• Constitutional Union UC

 Mozambique

• Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development PDD

 Senegal

• Senegalese Democratic Party PDS
• Parti pour la Liberté et la Citoyenneté / Défar Jikoyi PLC/DJ

 Seychelles

• Seychelles National Party SNP

 Sierra Leone

• People's Movement for Democratic Change PMDC

 South Africa

• Democratic Alliance DA

South Sudan

• South Sudan Liberal Party SSLP

 Sudan

• Liberal Democratic Party LDP

 Tanzania

• Civic United Front CUF

 Tunisia

• Social Liberal Party PSL

 Uganda

• Liberal Democratic Transparency LDT

 Zambia

• United Party for National Development UPND

External links

• Africa Liberal Network