GlossaRy 17GDP Gross Domestic Product
gizzu (Ar.) desert grazing that grows in parts of northwest
Darfur and Chad several months after the tiny amount of
seasonal rain that falls there
GNPOC Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company
GoNU Government of National Unity (from 2005)
GoS Government of Sudan (before 2005)
GoSS Government of Southern Sudan (from 2005)
goz (Ar.) stabilized sand dune
hakuma (Ar.) government or state, from hakm, to rule or govern
hakura estate of land in Darfur, historically administered on behalf
of a Sultan
ICC International Criminal Court
ICF Islamic Charter Front
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
idara ahliya See Native Administration
IDP Internally Displaced Person
IM Islamic Movement
IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (formerly
IGADD, Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and
Desertification)
Imam religious leader or official of a mosque
IMF International Monetary Fund
Ingaz (Ar.) name for NIF/NCP government that came to power
in 1989, literally ‘Salvation’
jallaba (Ar.) merchant; used by southern Sudanese to refer to
northern Sudanese generally
janjawid (Ar.) bandits; more recently, pro-government militias in
Darfur
JEM Justice and Equality Movement
jihad (Ar.) struggle in the cause of god; holy war
JIU Joint Integrated UnitThe Sudan Handbook, edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo and Jok Madut Jok. © 2011 Rift Valley Institute and contributors
(www.riftvalley.net).