Term |
Definition |
| ACLED | Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project |
| AFRICOM | United States Africa Command |
| AMISOM |
African Union Mission in Somalia |
|
ASWJ |
Al-Shabaab, militant Islamist organisation in Somalia |
| ATMIS | African Transition Mission in Somalia |
| AU | African Union |
| AUSSOM | African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia |
| AWD | Acute Watery Diarrhoea, cholera |
| BRA | Benadir Regional Administration |
| CFR | Council on Foreign Relations |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| Danab | Special operation unit within the SNA trained by the US AFRICOM |
| Darwish, Dervish | State level armed forces/militias/paramilitary/special police |
| DSA | Detailed site assessment |
| ENDF | Ethiopia National Defence Forces |
| FGS | Federal Government of Somalia |
| FMS | Federal Member State |
| Gorgor | Special operation unit within the SNA trained by Türkiye |
| HIPS | Heritage Institute for Policy Studies |
| HSM | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia |
| IDP | Internally Displaced Person |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device |
| INSO | International NGO Safety Organisation |
| IPC | Integrated Food Security Phase Classification |
| IPIS | International Peace Information Service |
| Isbaaro | Somali for checkpoint |
| Isbaaro soo booda | Somali for pop-up checkpoint |
| ISIS or ISS | Islamic State in Somalia |
| JISA | Jubbaland Intelligence and Security Agency |
| KDF | Kenya Defence Forces |
| Macawisley | Communal militia, community defence forces |
| Mooryaan | Somali for bandits |
| NRC | Norwegian Refugee Council |
| NISA | National Intelligence and Security Agency |
| PMPF | Puntland Maritime Police Force |
| PRMN | Protection and Return Monitoring Network |
| PSF | Puntland Security Forces |
| Sadat | Turkish private military company |
| SHDS | Somali Health and Demographic Survey |
| SHCC | Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition |
| SNA | Somali National Army |
| SSC | Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn |
| SSC-K | Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn – Khatumo Administration |
| UNHCR PRMN | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Protection & Return Monitoring Network |
| UNSOM | United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia |
| UNSOS | United Nations Support Office in Somalia |
| UNOCHA | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| WASH | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
