ANC African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa
EDF Eritrea Defence Forces, the armed forces of Eritrea
EIJ Eritrean Islamic Jihad, a Sudan-based rebel group operating in western Eritrea
EU European Union
IGAD Intergovernmental Authority for Development. Members include Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. Previously known as the Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development (IGADD)
LRA Lord’s Resistance Army, a Sudan-based rebel group operating in northern Uganda
NDA National Democratic Alliance, a coalition of political and military Sudanese opposition groups, with headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea
NIF National Islamic Front, the de facto ruling party in Sudan, now known as the National Congress
NGO Nongovernmental Organization
OAU Organization of African Unity, an intergovernmental African body with headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OLS Operation Lifeline Sudan, a U.N.-coordinated cross-border emergency relief operation with Southern Sector headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and Northern Sector headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan
PDF Popular Defence Forces, paramilitary units organized by the government of Sudan
POW Prisoner of War
SAF Sudan Alliance Forces, an Eritrea-based opposition group operating in eastern Sudan, and a member of the NDA
SCP Sudan Communist Party, a member of the NDA
SFDA Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance, a member of the NDA
SNP Sudan National Party, a member of the NDA
SPLM/A Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army, the main armed opposition force in southern Sudan and the Nuba Mountains, and a member of the NDA
SSIM/A South Sudan Independence Movement/Army, a rebel faction that broke away from the SPLM/A in 1991, allied itself with the government of Sudan in 1996, and regrouped with other former rebel factions in 1997
UDSF United Democratic Salvation Front, a coalition of southern Sudanese rebel groups that aligned themselves with the government of Sudan
UN United Nations
UPDF Uganda People’s Defence Forces, the armed forces of Uganda
WNBF West Nile Bank Front, a Ugandan rebel group
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