| AACC | African Audio-Visual and Cinema Commission (Nairobi) |
| AAU | Association of African Universities (Accra) |
| ACBF | African Capacity Building Foundation (Harare) |
| ACCORD | African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Durban) |
| ACDEG | African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance |
| ACERWC | African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Maseru) |
| ACHPR | African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Banjul) |
| ACLED | Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (Madison, WI) |
| ACP | Africa, Caribbean, Pacific group of states |
| ACRA | African Credit Rating Agency |
| ACRIFA | Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation |
| ACS | Africa Climate Summit |
| ACSRT | African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (Algiers) |
| ACTS | African Centre for Technology Studies (Nairobi) |
| ADF | Allied Democratic Forces |
| ADI | African Direct Investment |
| AFC | Africa Finance Corporation (Ikoyi Lagos State) |
| AFCAC | African Civil Aviation Commission (Dakar) |
| AFCHPR | African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Arusha) |
| AFCTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AFDB | African Development Bank (Abidjan) |
| AFEES | African Energy Efficiency Strategy |
| AFHA | African Humanitarian Agency |
| AFRAA | African Airlines Association (Nairobi) |
| AFREC | African Energy Commission (Algiers) |
| Afreximbank | African Export-Import Bank (Cairo) |
| Africa CDC | Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Addis Ababa) |
| AfSA | African Space Agency (New Cairo) |
| AfSEM | African Single Electricity Market |
| AFSIT | Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions |
| AGA | African Governance Architecture |
| AGF | African Governance Facility |
| AGN | African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change |
| AGOA | African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| AGP | African Governance Platform |
| AGR | African Governance Report |
| Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa | |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ALM | African Leadership Meeting |
| ALMA | African Leaders Malaria Alliance |
| AMA | African Medicines Agency (Midrand) |
| AMCEN | African Ministerial Conference on the Environment |
| AMISOM | AU Mission in Somalia (Mogadishu) |
| AOSTI | African Observatory in Science, Technology and Innovation (Malabo) |
| APC | All People’s Congress |
| APR | African Peer Review |
| APRM | African Peer Review Mechanism |
| APSA | African Peace and Security Architecture |
| AQIM | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb |
| ARBE | (AUC Department of) Agriculture, Rural Development, Sustainable Environment, and Blue Economy |
| ASF | African Standby Force |
| ASRIC | African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (Asokoro) |
| ATMIS | AU Transition Mission in Somalia |
| AU | African Union (Addis Ababa) |
| AUABC | AU Advisory Board Against Corruption |
| AUC | AU Commission (Addis Ababa) |
| AUCIL | AU Commission on International Law |
| AUDA | AU Development Agency–NEPAD (Midrand) |
| AUEOM | AU Election Observer Mission |
| AULO | AU Liaison Office |
| AUSC | AU Sports Council (Yaoundé) |
| A3 | the three African non-permanent UNSC members |
| BoEA | Board of External Auditors |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa |
| CAHOSCC | Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change |
| CAP | Common African Position |
| CAPAR | CAP on Asset Recovery |
| CAR | Central African Republic |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CBCC | Congo Basin Climate Commission (Brazzaville) |
| CCRS | Climate Commission for the Sahel Region (Niamey) |
| CEN-SAD | Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli) |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| Continental Education Strategy for Africa 2016–2025 | |
| CEWS | Continental Early Warning System |
| CID | Council for Infrastructure Development |
| CIDCA | China International Development Agency |
| CIEFA | International Centre for Girls and Women Education in Africa (Ouagadougou) |
| CLB | Continental Logistics Base (Douala) |
| CMP | Continental Power Systems Masterplan |
| CODECO | Cooperative for the Development of the Congo |
| CoHA | Cessation of Hostilities Agreement |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka) |
| COP | (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties |
| COVID-19 | coronavirus disease |
| CPDM | Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement |
| CPLP | Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Lisbon) |
| CRF | Crisis Reserve Facility |
| CSDP | EU Common Security and Defence Policy |
| CSOs | civil society organisations |
| CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organization |
| CwA | (G20) Compact with Africa |
| C10 | Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (in various policy fields) |
| DDR | disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DTS | Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa (2020–2030) |
| EAC | East African Community (Arusha) |
| EACRF | EAC regional force |
| EASF | East African Standby Force |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States (Libreville) |
| ECOSOCC | Economic, Social and Cultural Council (Lusaka) |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States (Abuja) |
| EOM | election observer mission |
| EPA | Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ERM | Early Response Mechanism |
| EST | education, science, and technology |
| ESTI | (AUC Department of) Education, Science, Technology and Innovation |
| EU | European Union (Brussels) |
| EUBAM | EU Border Assistance Mission |
| EUCAP | EU Capacity Building Mission |
| EUMC | EU Military Committee |
| EU Military Partnership Mission | |
| EUNAVFOR | EU Naval Force |
| EUTM | EU Military Training Mission |
| ETTIM | (AU Department of) Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Mining |
| EU PSC | EU Political and Security Committee |
| FDLR | Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda |
| FGS | Federal Government of Somalia |
| FIB | SADC Force Intervention Brigade |
| FMP | Free Movement of Persons |
| FOCAC | Forum for China–Africa Cooperation |
| FRELIMO | Liberation Front of Mozambique |
| FTA | Free Trade Area |
| FTYIP | First Ten-Year Implementation Plan (Agenda 2063) |
| FY | financial year |
| F15 | Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance |
| GBV | gender-based violence |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GCPD | (AUC PAPS) Governance and Conflict Prevention Directorate |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GERD | Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam |
| GIT | Guided Trade Initiative |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Eschborn, Germany) |
| GRMF | Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility |
| G5 | G5 Sahel Joint Force |
| G7 | Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well as the European Union) |
| G20 | Group of 20 |
| G77 | Group of 77 (New York, NY) |
| HHS | (AUC department of) Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency viruses |
| HLPF | High-Level Political Forum |
| HoSG | heads of state and government |
| HRDG | (PRC sub-committee) Human Rights, Democracy and Governance |
| HSGOC | (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) |
| IAFS | India–Africa Forum Summit |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association (Montreal) |
| International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) | |
| ICG | International Crisis Group (Brussels) |
| ICGLR | International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Bujumbura) |
| ICT | information and communication technologies |
| IDP s | internally displaced persons |
| IED | improvised explosive devices |
| IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Djibouti) |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund (Washington, DC) |
| IPCC | UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (New York) |
| IPED | Pan-African Institute for Education for Development (Abidjan) |
| IPSS | Institute for Peace and Security Studies (Addis Ababa) |
| IRA | (Tigray) Interim Regional Administration |
| IRENA | International Renewable Energy Agency (Abu Dhabi) |
| ISGS | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
| ISIL | Islamic State in the Levant |
| ISIS | Islamic State in the Sahara |
| ISMP | Islamic State Mozambique Province |
| ISS | Institute for Security Studies (Pretoria) |
| ISWAP | Islamic State West Africa Province |
| IVECF | International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum (Vienna) |
| I-RECKE | AU Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange |
| JAES | Joint Africa-EU Strategy |
| JAS | Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad |
| JEG s | Joint Africa–EU Expert Groups |
| JMC | Joint Military Commission |
| JNIM | Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin |
| JTMC | Joint Transition Monitoring Committee |
| KFW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Frankfurt/Main) |
| LAS | League of Arab States (Cairo) |
| LCB | Lake Chad Basin |
| LCBC | Lake Chad Basin Commission (N’Djamena) |
| LGBTQIA+ | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexuality plus |
| LNG | liquefied natural gas |
| LPDF | Libyan Political Dialogue Forum |
| MBRF | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (Dubai) |
| MBRS | Merit Based Recruitment System |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MFF | Multiyear Financial Framework |
| MINURSO | UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the CAR | |
| MINUSMA | UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali |
| MISAHEL | AU Mission for Mali and the Sahel |
| MNJTF | Multinational Joint Task Force (N’Djamena) |
| MONUSCO | UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo |
| MoU | memorandum of understanding |
| MOUACA | AU Military Observer Mission to the CAR |
| MSC | Military Staff Committee |
| MVCM | AU Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mission (Tigray, Ethiopia) |
| MYCM | Mid-Year Coordination Meeting |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| M23 | March 23 Movement |
| NAM | Non-Aligned Movement |
| NCC | National Consultative Council |
| NDP | National Development Plan |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGR | National Governance Report |
| NPoA | National Plan/Programme of Action |
| OAU | Organisation of African Unity (Addis Ababa) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris) |
| OIF | International Organisation of the Francophonie (Paris) |
| OLA | Oromo Liberation Army |
| OSE | Office of the Special Envoy |
| OSF | Open Society Foundation (Washington, DC) |
| PAIPO | Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (Tunis) |
| PAP | Pan-African Parliament (Midrand, Johannesburg) |
| PAPR–CAR | Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the CAR |
| PAPS | (AUC department of) Political Affairs, Peace and Security |
| PAPSS | Pan-African Payments and Settlement System |
| PAU | Pan African University (Yaoundé) |
| PAUSS | PAU Institute for Space Science |
| PEPFAR | (US) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| PFA | Political Framework Agreement |
| PHEOCS | Public Health Emergency Operations Centres |
| PIDA | Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| PKO | peacekeeping operations |
| PLO | Palestine Liberation Organisation |
| PRC | Permanent Representatives Committee |
| PSC | Peace and Security Council |
| Peace Support Operations | |
| RACC | (EU) Regional Advisory and Coordination Cell for the Sahel |
| REC s | Regional Economic Communities |
| RENAMO | Mozambican National Resistance |
| RKI | Robert Koch Institute (Berlin) |
| RMs | Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution |
| RSCE | (UN) Regional Service Centre in Entebbe (Uganda) |
| RSF | Rapid Support Forces |
| R–ARCSS | Revitalised Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan |
| R&D | research and development |
| R&I | research and innovation |
| RS–SRR | Regional Strategy for Stabilization, Recovery and Resilience of Boko Haram Affected Communities in the Lake Chad Basin |
| SAATM | Single African Air Transport Market |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community (Gaborone) |
| SADR | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| SAF | Sudanese Armed Forces |
| SALW | small arms and light weapons |
| SAMIDRC | SADC Mission in the DRC |
| SAMIM | SADC Mission in Mozambique |
| SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Beijing) |
| SDG s | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDR s | Special Drawing Rights |
| SEOM | SADC Electoral Observer Mission |
| SEZ | Special Economic Arrangements/Zones |
| SFD | Saudi Fund for Development |
| SGBV | sexual and gender-based violence |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Stockholm) |
| SIDS | small island developing state |
| STISA 2024 | Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa |
| STC s | specialised technical committees |
| STC on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment | |
| STC–CICT | STC on Communication and Information and Communications Technology |
| STC–ESTI | STC on Education, Science, Technology and Innovation |
| STC–FMAEPI | STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration |
| STC–HPDC | STC on Health, Population and Drug Control |
| STC–TIIIET | STC on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism |
| STC–YCS | STC on Youth, Culture and Sports |
| STG | Silencing the Guns |
| STRC | Scientific, Technical, Research Commission (Abuja) |
| STYIP | Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan (Agenda 2063) |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TCC | troop-contributing countries |
| TICAD | Tokyo International Conference on African Development |
| TOC | transnational organised crime |
| TPLF | Tigray People Liberation Front |
| TVET | Continental Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training |
| TWG | technical working group |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UCG | unconstitutional change(s) of government |
| UMA | Arab Maghreb Union (Rabat) |
| UN | United Nations (New York) |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) |
| UNAMID | AU–UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
| UNDP | UN Development Programme (New York) |
| UNECA | UN Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa) |
| UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNGA | UN General Assembly (New York) |
| UNIDO | UN Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) |
| UNISFA | UN Interim Security Force in Abyei |
| UNITAMS | UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan |
| UNMISS | UN Mission in South Sudan |
| UNOAU | UN Office at the African Union (Addis Ababa) |
| UNOWAS | UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel |
| UNSC | UN Security Council (New York) |
| UNSMIL | UN Support Mission in Libya |
| UNSG | UN Secretary-General |
| UNSOS | UN Support Office for Somalia (Mogadishu) |
| VBIED | vehicle-born improvised explosive devices |
| VET | violent extremism and terrorism |
| VNR | Voluntary National Reviews |
| WHO | World Health Organization (Geneva) |
| WHO–AfRO | WHO Regional Office for Africa (Bobo-Dioulasso) |
| World Intellectual Property Organization | |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WPS | Woman, Peace and Security |
| WTO | World Trade Organization (Geneva) |
In: Yearbook on the African Union Volume 4 (2023)
Editor:
Ulf Engel
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