| ACLED | Armed Conflict Location & Event Data |
| ANN | Average nearest neighbour |
| CC | Conflict concentration |
| CI | Conflict intensity |
| CIPLEV | Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Prevention and Fight against Violent Extremism |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| FAMa | Malian Armed Forces |
| GNA | Government of National Accord (Libya) |
| GRIP | Global Roads Inventory Project |
| IGSS | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
| ISWAP | Islamic State West Africa Province |
| ISSP | Islamic State Sahel Province |
| IED | Improvised explosive device |
| JAS | Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) |
| JNIM | Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims) |
| LNA | Libyan National Army |
| OECD/SWAC | Sahel and West Africa Club |
| OSM | OpenStreetMap |
| SCDi | Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator |
| SNIM | Société Nationale Industrielle et Minérale |
| WAP | W-Arly-Pendjari |
| VDP | Volunteer for Defense of Homeland |
Roads and Conflicts in North and West Africa
