World Federation of Democratic Youth
Country Name Notes
Angola Juventude do Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola Youth wing of MPLA
Congo , Dem . Rep PPRD Youth League Youth wing of the People 's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
Eritrea National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
Ethiopia Ethiopian Youth League
Ghana Democratic Youth League of Ghana
Ghana African Youth Command
Mozambique Mozambican Youth Organisation Youth wing of FRELIMO
Namibia SWAPO Party Youth League Youth wing of SWAPO
Namibia Namibia National Students Organisation ( NANSO )
Senegal Mouvement de la Jeunesse Démocratique Youth wing of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party
Senegal UJDAN Youth wing of the Party of Independence and Labour
South Africa African National Congress Youth League Youth wing of the African National Congress
South Africa South African Students Congress
South Africa Young Communist League of South Africa Youth wing of the South African Communist Party
Sudan Sudanese Youth Union Youth wing of the Sudanese Communist Party
Tanzania Umoja Wa Vijana Youth wing of Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Senegal Democratic Youth Union Alboury Ndiaye Youth wing of the Party of Independence and Work
Western Sahara Saharawi Youth Union Youth wing of the Polisario Front
Zambia United National Independence Party Youth League Youth wing of the United National Independence Party
Zimbabwe ZANU-PF Youth League Youth wing of ZANU-PF
Member organizations -- Africa
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization, and has historically characterized itself as anti-imperialist and left-wing. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of World War II with the aim of uniting youth from the Allies behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary. The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students. The last festival was held in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.