Abbreviations

ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission

AFRC

Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Sierra Leone)

AMISEC

African Union Mission for Support to the Elections in Comoros

AMISOM

African Union Mission to Somalia

APC

All People’s Congress (Sierra Leone)

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AU

African Union

BRICS

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

CAR

Central African Republic

CDF

Civil Defence Forces (Sierra Leone)

CPI

Corruption Perceptions Index

DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

EaPIC

Eastern Partnership Integration and Co-operation (EU)

ECOMOG

Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy

EU

European Union

G7 (G8, G…)

Group of Seven (+) industrialized states

GRECO

Group of States against Corruption (Groupe d’états contre la corruption)

ICC

International Criminal Court

IFI

International Financial Institution

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IO

International Organization

IPTL

International Power Tanzania Limited

LRA

Lord’s Resistance Army (Uganda)

MAP

Membership Action Plan (NATO)

MCA/C

Millennium Challenge Account/Corporation

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO

Non-governmental Organization

NRA/M

National Resistance Army/Movement (Uganda)

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHCHR

Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (UN)

P5

Permanent Five members (of UN Security Council)

PAC

Public Accounts Committee (Tanzania)

PCCB

Protection and Combating of Corruption Bureau (Tanzania)

PKO

Peacekeeping Operation

PMC

Private Military Corporation

RAMSI

Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

RUF

Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone)

SCSL

Special Court for Sierra Leone

SLA

Sierra Leone Army

SLORC

State Law and Order Restoration Council (Burma)

SLPP

Sierra Leone People’s Party

Tanesco

Tanzanian Electric Supply Company

TFG

Transitional Federal Government (Somalia)

TMG

Truce Monitoring Group (New Zealand-Papua New Guinea)

TRC

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone)

UN

United Nations

UNAMSIL

United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

UNITAF

United Task Force (US/UN-Somalia)

UNLA

Uganda National Liberation Army

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

UPDF

Uganda People’s Defence Force

USAID

United States Agency for International Development