I realize I use a lot of acronyms and don’t always define them – I’ve been working with NGOs for the past couple years, I can’t help it. Hopefully this covers them all but let me know if I’m missing any! I’ll try to keep this updated as I write more posts. Some are preemptive as I’m sure I’ll use them at some point or another.
A
AMT – Assistance Military Technique (French bilateral military technical assistance accords)
AQIM – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
ATT – Arms Trade Treaty
AU – African Union
B
C
CAR – Central African Republic
CEDEAO – Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (see ECOWAS)
D
DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo
E
ECCAS – Economic Community of Central African States
ECCC – Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (also known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal)
ECOWAS – Economic Community of West African States
EU – European Union
EUFOR Tchad/RCA – European Union Force Chad/CAR
F
FFG – Forces Francaises au Gabon (French Forces in Gabon – permanent military base)
FOMAC – Force multinational en Afrique Centrale (Multinational Force in Central Africa)
G
H
I
ICC – International Criminal Court
ICJ – International Court of Justice
ICTY – International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
ICTR – International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
J
JMA – French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault
K
L
LRA – Lord’s Resistance Army
M
MICOPAX – Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic
MINURCAT – Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine et au Tchad (UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad)
MNLA – Mouvement National pour la Liberation de l’Azawad (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad – Tuareg nationalist movement in Mali)
MONUSCO – Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en RD Congo (UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo)
MP – Member of Parliament
MUJAO – Mouvement pour le Tawhîd et du Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (Movement for Oneness/Unity and Jihad in West Africa)
N
O
P
PM – Prime Minister
Q
R
RECAMP – Renforcement des capacités africaines du maintien de la paix (reinforcement of African peacekeeping forces – French military strategy)
S
SANDF – South African National Defense Forces
SCSL – Special Court for Sierra Leone
T
U
UEMOA – Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union)
UN – United Nations
UPR – Universal Period Review
V
W
X
Y
Z
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