• ALF: Afar Liberation Front
• ANDM: Amhara National Democratic Movement
• ANDP: Afar National Democratic Party
• ANLM: Afar National Liberation Movement
• APDO: Afar People’s Democratic Organisation
• ARCSS: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan
• ARDUF: Afar Revolutionary Democratic United Front
• AU: African Union
• AVA: Awash Valley Authority
• CPA: Comprehensive Peace Agreement
• CPSU: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• CVE: Countering Violent Extremism
• DDR: Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
• DIU: Dams Implementation Unit
• DUP: Democratic Unionist Party
• EIJM: Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement
• ELF: Eritrean Liberation Front
• EPDM: Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement
• EPLF: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
• EPRDF: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
• EPRP: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party
• ESC: Ethiopian Sugar Corporation
• ESM: Ethiopian Student Movement
• FLCS: Front de la Libération de la Côte Somalie
• FRUD: Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy
• GNU: Government of National Unity
• GoSS: Government of South Sudan
• GTP: Growth and Transformation Plan
• GWOT: Global War on Terror
• IDPs: internally displaced persons
• IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority for Development
• IMF: International Monetary Fund
• ISEN: Institute for the Study of Ethiopian Nationalities
• JIC: Joint Islamic Courts
• MLLT: Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray
• MOARD: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• NCP: National Congress Party
• NDA: National Democratic Alliance
• NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
• NIF: National Islamic Front
• OLF: Oromo Liberation Front
• OPDO: Oromo People’s Democratic Organisation
• OTI: Office of Transitional Initiatives
• PDRE: People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• SAF: Sudanese Armed Forces
• SAPs: Structural Adjustment Programs
• SCP: Sudanese Communist Party
• SEPDF: Southern Ethiopia People’s Democratic Front
• SNL: Somali National League
• SNM: Somali National Movement
• SNNP: Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples
• SPLA: Sudan People’s Liberation Army
• SPLA-N: Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North
• SPLM: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
• SPLM/A: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army
• SPLM-IO: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
• SPLM-N: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North
• SPRP: Somali People’s Revolutionary Party
• SRC: Somali Revolutionary Council
• SSDF: South Sudan Defense Forces
• SSLA: South Sudan Liberation Army
• SSR: Soviet Socialist Republic
• SSU: Sudanese Socialist Union
• SYL: Somali Youth League
• TFG: Transitional Federal Government
• TPLF: Tigray People’s Liberation Front
• UN: United Nations
• UPDF: Ugandan People’s Defense Force
• USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• WPE: Workers Party of Ethiopia
• WPPE: Working People’s Party of Ethiopia
• WSLF: Western Somalia Liberation Front
• WTO: World Trade Organization