AAA | L'Afrique aide l'Afrique (Africa Aids Africa) |
AAPO | All Amhara People's Organization |
AASM | African Associate States and Malagasy |
ACP | African, Caribbean, and Pacific states |
AEC | African Economic Community |
AMU | Arab Maghreb Union |
ANC | African National Congress |
ANDM | Amhara National Democratic Movement |
AOF | Afrique Occidentale Franaise (French West Africa) |
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ASAS | Association of Southern African States |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
BAWATA | Baraza Ya Wanawake wa Tanzania |
BCEAO | Banque Centrale des tats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
BDF | Botswana Defence Force |
BDP | Botswana Democratic Party |
CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
CCM | Chama cha Mapinduzi |
CEAO | Communaut des tats d'Afrique de l'Ouest |
CFA | Communaut Financire Africaine |
CFAF | CFA franc |
CILSS | Comit Inter-Etats de Lutte Contre la Scheresse dans le Sahel (Inter-State Authority in the Fight Against Drought in the Sahel) |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
COMESA | Common Market for East and Southern Africa |
COSATU | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
DFA | Department of Foreign Affairs |
DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
EA | (Department of) External Affairs |
EAC | East African Community |
ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
ECOMOG | ECOWAS Monitoring Group |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
ELF | Eritrean Liberation Front |
EPDM | Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement |
EPLF | Eritrean People's Liberation Front |
EPRDF | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
EPRP | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party |
EPZ | export processing zone |
ERA | Eritrean Relief Association |
ERD | Emergency Relief Desk |
ERP | Economic Recovery Program |
ESAF | Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility |
ESKOM | Electricity Supply Commission |
EU | European Union |
FDI | foreign direct investment |
FEM | February Eighteen Movement |
FERA | February Eighteen Resistance Army |
FESTAC | Festival of Black Arts and Culture |
FF | French franc |
FLIC | financial low-intensity conflict |
FLS | Front-Line States |
FNLA | National Front for the Liberation of Angola |
FNLC | Front Nacional de Liberation du Congo |
FORD | Forum for Restoration of Democracy |
G77 | Group of 77 |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GNU | Government of National Unity |
HIPC | Highly Indebted Poor Country |
HQ | headquarters (staff) |
IFI | international financial institution |
IGAD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
IGO | international governmental organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
INGO | international nongovernmental organization |
IORARC | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation |
IPE | international political economy |
ISSC | Inter-State Committee on Security |
KADU | Kenya African Democratic Union |
KANU | Kenya African National Union |
KPU | Kenya People's Union |
LNG | liquified natural gas |
LPA | Lagos Plan of Action |
MFDC | Mouvement des Forces Dmocratiques de Casamance (Movement of Casamance Democratic Forces) |
MNC | multinational corporation |
MNR | Mozambique National Resistance |
MOSOP | Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People |
MP | member of parliament |
MPLA | Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAM | Nonaligned Movement |
NCCR-Mageuzi | National Convention for Construction and Reform |
NFD | Northern Frontier District |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NIC | newly industrialized country |
NIC | newly industrializing country |
NIDL | New International Division of Labor |
NIDP | New International Division of Power |
NIEO | New International Economic Order |
NIIA | Nigerian Institute for International Affairs |