Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda)
FESCI
Student Federation of Côte d’Ivoire (Fédération Estudiantine et Scolaire de Côte d’Ivoire)
FIS
Islamic Salvation Front (Front Islamique du Salut) (Algeria)
FLC
Front for the Liberation of Congo (Front de Libération du Congo) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
FLN
National Liberation Front (Front de Libération Nationale) (Algeria)
FPI
Ivoirian Popular Front (Front Populaire Ivoirien)
FRCI
Republican Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (Forces Républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire)
G7
Group of Seven
G8
Group of Eight
G20
Group of Twenty
GHI
Global Health Initiative (United States)
GIA
Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armé) (Algeria)
GPOI
Global Peace Operations Initiative (United States)
GSPC
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat) (Algeria)
ICC
International Criminal Court
ICGLR
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
ICJ
International Commission of Jurists
ICU
Islamic Courts Union (Somalia)
IGAD
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (East Africa)
IMF
International Monetary Fund
ISIL
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
ISIS
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
JEM
Justice and Equality Movement (Darfur, Sudan)
JSOC
Joint Special Operations Command (United States)
LIFG
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
LJM
Liberation and Justice Movement (Darfur, Sudan)
LURD
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
M23
March 23 Movement (Mouvement du 23 Mars) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
MCC
Millennium Challenge Corporation (United States)
MINUCI
United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (Mission des Nations Unies en Côte d’Ivoire)
MINUSMA
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (Mission Multidimensionnelle Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation au Mali)
MJP
Movement for Justice and Peace (Mouvement pour la Justice et la Paix) (Côte d’Ivoire)
MLC
Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement de Libération du Congo) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
MNJTF
Multinational Joint Task Force (Nigeria)
MNLA
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Mouvement National pour la Libération de l’Azawad) (Mali)
MODEL
Movement for Democracy in Liberia
MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo)
MONUSCO
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en République Démocratique du Congo)
MPCI
Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire (Mouvement Patriotique de Côte d’Ivoire)
MPIGO
Ivoirian Patriotic Movement of the Far West (Mouvement Populaire Ivoirien du Grand Ouest) (Côte d’Ivoire)
MRNDD
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (Mouvement Républicain National pour la Démocratie et le Développement) (Rwanda)
MUJWA
Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (Mouvement pour l’Unicité et le Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest/MUJAO) (Mali)
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (United States)
NASOC
Nigerian Army Special Operations Command
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCP
National Congress Party (Sudan)
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGO
nongovernmental organization
NPFL
National Patriotic Front of Liberia
OAU
Organization of African Unity
OEF-TS
Operation Enduring Freedom–Trans Sahara
OFDA
Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID (United States)
OPA
Ouagadougou Political Agreement (Côte d’Ivoire)
PACOM
United States Pacific Command
PARMEHUTU
Party for Hutu Emancipation (Parti du Mouvement de l’Émancipation Hutu) (Rwanda)
PDCI
Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire)
PEPFAR
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (United States)
PNAC
Project for the New American Century (United States)
PREACT
Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism