The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (French: Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD), Arabic: الجبهة من أجل استعادة الوحدة والديمقراطية) is a political party in Djibouti.

[1] In that year, the party split into two factions: a moderate wing, led by Ali Mohamed Daoud,[2] signed a peace agreement with the government on 26 December 1994 in Aba'a,[3] while other wing, led by Ahmed Dini Ahmed, denounced this agreement and continued armed resistance.

[2] The radicals held a congress in northern Djibouti for six days in late September 1994, and announced on 30 September 1994 that the congress delegates "unanimously reaffirmed their determination to pursue armed struggle until their political goals are satisfied," while electing Dini at the head of the faction's executive committee.

This assault was strongly denounced not only by Djibouti's government,[5][9] but also FRUD's moderate faction as "unjustifiable in the current context of political pluralism.

"[9] While the radical FRUD elements continued to fight, the Daoud faction began to participate in national politics.

As a result of its December 1994 agreement with the government, the moderate faction was given two ministerial positions on 8 June 1995: FRUD President Daoud became Minister of Health and Social Affairs, while FRUD Secretary-General Ougoure Kifle Ahmed became Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources.

The Executive Committee included several representatives of ethnic groups aside from the Afar: four were Issa, two were Gadabursi, two were Arabs, and one was Isaaq.