Glossary and abbreviations

Term

Definition 

ACJPS

African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies

ACLED

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

AOAV

Action on Armed Violence

AWSD

Aid Workers Security Database

CIR

Centre for Information Resilience (UK)

COI

Country of Origin Information

CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists 

Darfur

Historically refers to the entire Darfur region, which was divided into three states in 1994 and then subsequently into five states in 2011. Sometimes it is also known as Greater Darfur.

DNHR

Darfur Network for Human Rights 

EU+ countries

Member States of the European Union and associated countries

EUAA

European Union Agency for Asylum

FEWS NET

Famine Early Warning Systems Network

GPC

Global Protection Cluster

GSLF

Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces

HRW

Human Rights Watch

IDP

Internally Displaced Person

IOM

International Organisation for Migration

IPC

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

JEM

Justice and Equality Movement

JFASM

Joint Force of Armed Struggle Movements

JPA

Juba Peace Agreement

Kordofans

The    Referring to all Kordofan States or regions, also known as Greater Kordofan.

LNA

Libyan National Army (self-styled)

MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières

Mustanfareen

The mobilised, referring to armed popular resistance

NRC

Norwegian Refugee Council

OHCHR

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

RSF

Rapid Support Forces

SAF

Sudan Armed Forces

SIHA Network

Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa

SLM-AW

Sudan Liberation Movement – Abdel Wahid al-Nur

SLM-MM

Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minnawi

SLM-Tambour

Sudan Liberation Movement – Mustafa Tambour

SLM-TC

Sudan Liberation Movement the-Transitional Council of Al-Hadi Idris

SPLM-N-Agar

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North-Malik Agar

SPLM-N-al-Hilu

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North-al-Hilu

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNOCHA

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

WHO

World Health Organisation