AAPO

All Amhara People’s Organization (Ethiopia)

AF/E

US Department of State, East African Affairs

ANC

African National Congress (South Africa)

ARF

ASEAN Regional Forum

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

BPF

Burundi Policy Forum

CBM

Confidence-Building Measures

CBSM

Confidence-Building and Security Measures

CCM

Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Tanzania)

CDR

Coalition pour la Défense de la République (Rwanda)

CIDSE

Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité

CNN

Cable News Network

CR

Conflict Resolution

CSCE

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

CSIS

Center for Strategic and International Studies

CSO

Committee of Senior Officials

CSSDCA

Conference on Security, Development and Cooperation

CZSC

Zairian Contingent for Security in the Camps (Zaire)

DEU

Donor Election Unit (Ethiopia)

EC

European Community

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

EDAG

Ethiopian Democratic Action Group

ELF

Eritrean Liberation Front

EPDM

Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement

EPLF

Eritrean People’s Liberation Front

EPRDF

Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front

ERD

Emergency Relief Desk (Sudan)

ERGADA

Somali Peace and Consultation Committee

ESDL

Ethiopian Somali Democratic League

ESF

Economic Support Fund (USAID)

EU

European Union

FAR

Forces Armées du Rwanda

FDD

Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (Burundi)

FORD/K

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Kenya)

FRELIMO

Frente de Liberação de Moçambique

FRODEBU

Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi

FRUD

Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (Djibouti)

FY

Fiscal Year

FYROM

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

GHAI

Greater Horn of Africa Initiative

GOS

Government of Sudan

GPDO

Gideo People’s Democratic Organization (Ethiopia)

FTUI

Free Trade Union Institute (Russia)

HCNM

High Commission on National Minorities

HIV

Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus

ICR

Interactive Conflict Resolution

ICS

International Conciliation Services

ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

IDA

International Development Association

IDS

Institute for Development Studies

IFLO

Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia (Ethiopia)

IFP

Inkatha Freedom Party (South Africa)

IGAD

Inter-Governmental Authority on Development

IFJ

International Federation of Journalists

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INTERAHAMWE

"We fight together" — Rwandan militia

IPK

Islamic Party of Kenya

IRI

International Republican Institute

KANU

Kenya African National Union

LDRC

Local Dispute Resolution Committee (South Africa)

LDU

Local Defence Unit

LPC

Local Peace Committee (South Africa)

LPI

Life and Peace Institute

LRA

Lord’s Resistance Army (Sudan)

MAD

Mutually Assured Destruction

MLLT

Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray (Ethiopia)

MNRD

Mouvement National pour la Révolution et le Développement (Rwanda)

MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Association

NATO

North American Treaty Organization

NCBI

National Coalition Building Institute

NDA

National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)

NDA

National Democratic Army (Uganda)

NDI

National Democratic Institute

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NIF

National Islamic Front (Sudan)

NIS

Newly Independent States

NLC

National Liberation Council (Sudan)

NNA

Neutral and Non-Aligned Country

NPA

National Peace Accord (South Africa)

NPC

National Peace Committee (South Africa)

NPS

National Peace Secretariat (South Africa)

NPT

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NRA

National Resistance Army (Uganda)

NRM

National Resistance Movement (Uganda)

NYU

New York University

OAS

Organization of American States

OAU

Organization of African Unity

ODIHR

Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

OFDA

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, US Agency for International Development

OLF

Oromo Liberation Front (Ethiopia)

OLS

Operation Lifeline Sudan

ONLF

Ogadeni National Liberation Front

OOTW

Operations Other Than War

OPDO

Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (Ethiopia)

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PALIPEHUTU

Parti pour la Libération du Peuple Hutu (Burundi)

PARC

Palo Alto Research Center

PDF

Popular Defense Forces

PFDJ

People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (Eritrea)

PSW

Problem-Solving Workshop

RDRC

Regional Dispute Resolution Committee (South Africa)

RENAMO

Resistencia Nacional de Moçambique

RMO

Regional Multilateral Organization

RPA

Rwandan Patriotic Army

RPC

Regional Peace Committee (South Africa)

RPF

Rwandan Patriotic Front

RPG

Refugee Policy Group

RTLM

Radio/Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (Rwanda)

SADCC

South African Development Coordination Conference

SADF

South African Defense Forces

SAF

Sudan Allied Forces

SAIS

School of Advanced International Studies, Georgetown University

SCG/M

Search for Common Ground/Macedonia

SEOC

Sudan Emergency Operations Consortium

SNA

Somali National Alliance

SNF

Somali National Front

SNM

Somali National Movement

SPLA

Sudan People’s Liberation Army

SPM

Somali Patriotic Movement

SRRA

Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association

SRSG

Special Representative of the Secretary General (Burundi)

SSIA

South Sudan Independence Army

SSNM

Southern Somali National Movement

TPLF

Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (Ethiopia)

UNAMIR

United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission for Refugees

UNITAF

United Nations International Task Force

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNOMOZ

United Nations Operations, Mozambique

UNOMSA

United Nations Observer Mission to South Africa

UNOSOM

United Nations Operations in Somalia

UNPO

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

UNPROFOR

United Nations Protection Force

UNRISD

United Nations Research Institute for Social Democracy

UNSG

United Nations Secretary General

UPRONA

Union pour le Progrès National (Burundi)

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USC

United Somali Conference

USCR

United States Committee for Refugees

USIP

United States Institute of Peace

WFP

World Food Programme

WNBF

West Nile Bank Front (Sudan)