Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often keeping the name PAI.
PAI was the first party in AOF to unequivocally demand independence from French rule.
[1] In Senegal PAI was banned on August 1, 1960.
PAI attained importance through its mass front Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD).
Today LIPAD is dissolved, and PAI has split in two factions: