CFA – West African CFA franc, the currency of eight independent states in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
CRU – The Conflict Research Unit at the Netherlands Institute for Foreign Relations Clingendael
DDR – Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
EUNPACK – A conflict-sensitive unpacking of the EU comprehensive approach to conflict and crises mechanism
EUTM – European Union Training Mission
FAMa – Forces armées et de sécurité du Mali (Malian armed security forces)
GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation)
JNIM – Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (Group for Support of Islam and Muslims)
MINUSMA – United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
MLF – Macina Liberation Front
MUJAO – Mouvement pour l'unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest (The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa)
PSIRC – Plan de sécurisation intégré des régions du centre (Integrated Security Plan for the Central Regions).