The Nigerien Self-Management Party (commonly PNA-Al'ouma) is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

. The President of the party and only elected deputy to date is Sanoussi Jackou

Sanoussi Jackou

Sanoussi Tambari Jackou is a Nigerien politician and the President of the Nigerien Party for Self-Management . He was Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger from 1993 to 1994 and served in the government as Minister of State for Higher Education, Research, Technology, and African...

. Jackou was a former deputy and co-founder of the Democratic and Social Convention

Democratic and Social Convention

The Democratic and Social Convention - Rahama is a political party in Niger. It was founded in January 1991. In the 1993 presidential election, the party's leader, Mahamane Ousmane, was elected president...

 (CDS), which expelled him in 1996 when he chose to take up ministerial posts in the government of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was a military officer in the West African country of Niger who seized power in a January 1996 coup d'état and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of April 1999....

. The PNA-Al'ouma was formed in early 1997.

"Al'ouma", the party's nickname, is an Arabic language

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 loan word meaning "Community" in Hausa

Hausa language

Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...

.

The PNA-Al'ouma contested the parliamentary election

Nigerien parliamentary election, 2004

A parliamentary election was held in Niger on 4 December 2004 alongside a simultaneous presidential election. 105 members were elected in 8 multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation system...

 of 4 December 2004 in an alliance with the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-wing party, part of the Socialist International; since 2011 it has been in power following the election of its long-time leader, Mahamadou Issoufou, as President of Niger. Mohamed Bazoum is Acting...

, winning its first seat in the Nigerien National Assembly, held by Jackou.