Term
Definition
ACJPS
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies
ACLED
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
ADF
Africa Defense Forum
Agid
Tribal military leaders
Amir
Tribal leaders
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS
Sudan's Central Bureau of Statistics
CFJ
Committee for Justice
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CNN
Cable News Network
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.
ERRs
Emergency Response Rooms
EU+ countries
Member states of the European Union and associated countries
EUAA
European Union Agency for Asylum
Faza'a
An ancient pre-Islamic Sudanese tradition that allows tribes to call on their members and allies for support against attacks by other tribes or to take revenge for killings.
FEWS NET
Famine Early Warning Systems Network
FFC
Forces for Freedom and Change
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GIS
General Intelligence Service
GPG
Global Partners Governance
HIV/Aids
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
HRW
Human Rights Watch
ICC
International Criminal Court
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
IDP
Internally Displaced Person
IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute
IMF
International Monetary Fund
INGO
International Non-Governmental Organisation
IOM
International Organisation for Migration
IPC
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
IRC
International Rescue Committee
ISHR
International Service for Human Rights
Jana jaish
Child soldiers
Janjaweed
Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel region
JEM
Justice and Equality Movement
Kizan
Members of Sudan's political Islamic movement that ruled alongside al-Bashir and now support the SAF and target civil society organisations 'in revenge' for overthrowing them in 2019
MIS
Military Intelligence Service
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières
Mustanfareen
The mobilised, referring to armed popular resistance
NPR
National Public Radio
Nuba
A group of 50 or more autonomous and ethnically diverse communities, numbering some 3.7 million people, Nuba inhabit the mountainous Kordofan region.
Nuba
Denoting darkness or Black, derogatory
OHCHR
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rightss
Omda
Leader of a village; mid-level administrators
RCs
Resistance Committees
RSF
Reporters Sans Frontières, Reporters Without Borders
RWCHR
Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
SAF
Sudan Armed Forces
SAS
Small Arms Survey
SDN
Sudan Doctors Network
Sharia
The religious law of Islam; Islamic canonical law
SHRH
Sudan Human Rights Hub
SJS
Sudanese Journalism Syndicate
SLM-AW
Sudan Liberation Movement – Abdel Wahid al-Nur
SLM-MM
Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minnawi
SLM-Tambour
Sudan Liberation Movement – Mustafa Tambour
SPLM-N
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North
SPLM-N-Agar
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North – Malik Agar
SPLM-N-al-Hitu
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North – al-Hilu
SSC
Sudan SOGI Coalition
Taqaddum
Coordination Body of Civilian Democratic Forces, coalition established in October 2023
TCC
Transitional Constitutional Charter
TIMEP
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
TSC
Transitional Sovereignty Council
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Umbay
Slave, derogatory
UN
United Nations
UN FFM
UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF
United Nationals Children's Fund
UNOCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
US
United States
USAID
US Agency for International Development
USD
US Dollar
USDOS
US Department of State
WHO
World Health Organisation
Zurug or zurga
Denoting darkness or Black, derogatory