List of abbreviations

List of abbreviations

Abbreviations used in publication records present in AfricaBib

AALAE	African Association for Literacy and Adult Education
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries
AEGIS	Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies
AfCFTA	African Continental Free Trade Area
AFRA	Association for Rural Advancement
AFRODAD	African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
AGRA	Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
AIDS	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ALA	African Literature Association
AMISOM	African Union Mission in Somalia
AMISOM	African Union Mission to Somalia
AMU	Arab Maghreb Union
ANC	African National Congress
ANC	Antenatal Care
APLA	Azania People's Liberation Army
APLF	Azanian Peoples' Liberation Front
ASA	African Studies Association
ASM	Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
AU	African Union
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BEE	Black Economic Empowerment
BIEA	British Institute in Eastern Africa
BLS	Botswana-Lesotho-Swaziland
BNF	Botswana National Front
BPP	Bechuanaland Peoples Party
CAMPFIRE	Communal Areas Management Programme For Indigenous Resources
CAURWA	Communauté des Autochtones Rwandais
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CBNRM	Community Based Natural Resource Management
CBRN	Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
CEDEAO	Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
CEEAC	Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique Centrale
CEMAC	Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
CEPSI	Centre d'Etudes des Problemes Sociaux Indigenes
CERLESHS	Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Lettres, Sciences Humaines et Sociales
CHRAJ	Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
CJTF	Civilian Joint Task Force
CKGR	Central Kalahari Game Reserve
CMEA	Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
CMS	Church Missionary Society
CODESRIA	Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa
COMESA	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CONSAS	Constellation of Southern African States
COSATU	Congress of South African Trade Unions
COVAW	Coalition on Violence Against Women
CPA	Comprehensive Peace Agreement
CRRF	Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework
DDR	Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration
DRC	Democratic Republic of Congo
EAC	East African Community
EASF	East African Standby Force
EC	European Community
ECCAS	Economic Community of Central African States
ECOMOG	Economic Community Monitoring Group
ECOSOCC	Economic, Social and Cultural Council
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
EEC	European Economic Community
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EiE	Education in Emergencies
EMPI	Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Initiative
ENSO	El Nino-Southern Oscillation
EPLF	Eritrean People's Liberation Front
EPRDF	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
ESAP	Economic Structural Adjustment Programme
EU	European Union
FAL	Functional Adult Literacy
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FDLR	Forces démocratiques de libération de Rwanda
FGM	Female Genital Mutilation
Frelimo	Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
FTLRP	Fast Track Land Reform Programme
GCC	Gulf Cooperative Council
GERA	Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa
GESS	Growth Enhancement Support Scheme
GEV	Global Electronic Village
GMOs	Genetically Modified Organisms
HIPC	Heavily Indebted Poor Country
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HSRC	Human Sciences Research Council
ICC	International Criminal Court
ICEWS	Integrated Crisis Early Warning System
ICT	Information and Communication Technology
ICTR	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICU	Islamic Courts Union
IDE	Investissements Directs Étrangers
IDPs	Internally Displaced Persons
IEBC	Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
IFGs	Informal Financial Groups
IGAD	Intergovernmental Authority on Development
ILO	International Labour Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
KPF	Kalahari Peoples Fund
LAPSSET	Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport
LDCs	Less Developed Countries
LP	Linear Programming
LRA	Lord's Resistance Army
MDC	Movement for Democratic Change
MDGs	Millennium Development Goals
MENA	Middle East and North Africa
MENA	Middle Eastern and North African
MINUSMA	United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission
MNJTF	Multinational Joint Task Force
MNR	Mozambique National Resistance Movement
MPLA	Movemento Popular de Libertação de Angola
MPLA	People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MSMEs	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
NALEDI	National Labour and Economic Development Institute
NARC	National Rainbow Coalition
NCDDP	National Community-Driven Development Programme
NDRS	National Digital Registry System
NEPAD	New Partnership for Africa's Development
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NIF	National Islamic Front
NISA	National Intelligence and Security Agency
NP	National Party
NPKF	National Peacekeeping Force
NRM	National Resistance Movement
NUMSA	National Union of Metal Workers in South Africa
OAU	Organization of African Unity
ONUCI	Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire
OSBPs	One-Stop Border Posts
OSINT	Open Source Intelligence
PAGAD	People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
PMAC	Provisional Military Administrative Council
PME	Petite et Moyenne Entreprise
PNDC	Provisional National Defence Council
RAMONA	Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art
RDP	Reconstruction and Development Programme
REDD	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
RENAMO	Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana
RGS	Royal Geographical Society
ROSCAs	Rotating Savings and Credit Associations
SACC	South African Council of Churches
SADC	Southern African Development Community
SADCC	Southern African Development Coordination Conference
SADF	South African Defence Force
SAGCOT	Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania
SAHRC	South African Human Rights Commission
SANCO	South African National Civic Organisation
SANDF	South African National Defence Force
SAP	Structural Adjustment Programme
SASL	South African Sign Language
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SICAP	Société Immobilière du Cap Vert
SIDA	Swedish International Development Agency
SIDA	Syndrome d'Immunodéficience Acquise [AIDS]
SME	Small to Medium Enterprises
SOAS	School of Oriental and African Studies
SRC	Student Representative Councils
SSA	Sub-Saharan Africa
STDs	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STUC	Scottish Trades Union Congress
SWAPO	South West Africa People's Organisation
SWATF	South West African Territorial Force
TAMWA	Tanzanian Media Women's Association
TANU	Tanganyika African National Union
TICAD	Tokyo International Conference on African Development
TRC	Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TRIP	Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRIPS	Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TUC	Trades Union Congress
UDI	Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UEMOA	Union Économique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine
UHRC	Uganda Human Rights Commission
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UPC	Uganda People's Congress
UPDF	Ugandan People's Defence Force
USAID	United States Agency For International Development
USTN	Union des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Niger
UWC	University of Western Cape
UWT	Women's Union of Tanzania
WAEMU	West African Economic and Monetary Union
WHO	World Health Organization
WIMSA	Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa
WMC	White Monopoly Capital
WTO	World Trade Organization
ZANU	Zimbabwe African National Union
ZAPU	Zimbabwe African People's Union