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acp — African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of Countries (Lomé/Cotonou Agreement)
AfCFTA — African Continental Free Trade Area
AfDB — African Development Bank (Tunis)
agoa — African Growth and Opportunity Act
ai — Amnesty International
aprm — African Peer Review Mechanism
au — African Union (Addis Ababa)
bceao — Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Dakar)
beac — Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Yaoundé)
car — Central African Republic
cblt — Commission du Bassin du Lac Tchad (N’Djaména)
ceeac — Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Libreville) = eccas
cemac — Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale
cen-sad — Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli)
CFAfr — Franc de la Communauté Financière Africaine (bceao; beac)
comesa — Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka)
cpi — consumer price index
cplp — Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
cso — civil society organisation
drc — Democratic Republic of the Congo
eac — East African Community
eca — Economic Commission for Africa (United Nations; Addis Ababa)
eccas — Economic Community of Central African States (Libreville)
ecf — Extended Credit Facility (imf)
ecowas — Economic Community of West African States (Abuja)
edf — European Development Fund (Brussels)
eib — European Investment Bank (Luxemburg)
eiti — Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
eiu — Economist Intelligence Unit
epa — Economic Partnership Agreement
eu — European Union (Brussels)
fao — Food and Agricultural Organisation (Rome)
fdi — foreign direct investment
focac — Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
fta — free-trade area
gdp — Gross Domestic Product
hdi — Human Development Index (undp)
hrw — Human Rights Watch
icc — International Criminal Court
icglr — International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
icj — International Court of Justice
ict — information and communications technology
ida — International Development Association (Washington)
idp — internally displaced person
ifc — International Finance Corporation (Washington)
igad — Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Djibouti)
ilo — International Labour Organisation (Geneva)
imf — International Monetary Fund (Washington)
ioc — Indian Ocean Commission (Quatre Bornes)
iom — International Organization for Migration
lng — liquified natural gas
MoU — memorandum of understanding
nepad — New Partnership for Africa’s Development
ngo — non-governmental organisation
oau — Organization of African Unity
ocha — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
oda — official development assistance
oecd — Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris)
oif — L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
opec — Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Vienna)
ppp — Purchasing Power Parity
sacu — Southern African Customs Union (Pretoria)
sadc — Southern African Development Community (Gaborone)
ssa — sub-Saharan Africa
ti — Transparency International
uae — United Arab Emirates
uemoa — Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (Ouagadougou)
un — United Nations (New York)
undp — United Nations Development Programme (New York)
unesco — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Paris)
unga — United Nations General Assembly
unhcr — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
unhrc — United Nations Human Rights Council
unicef — United Nations Children’s Fund (New York)
unsc — United Nations Security Council
unsg — United Nations secretary general
us/usa — United States
usaid — United States Agency for International Development (Washington)
wef — World Economic Forum
wfp — World Food Programme (Rome)
who — World Health Organisation (Geneva)
wto — World Trade Organisation (Geneva)