AFRICA’S GOVERNANCE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 | PRELIMINARY REPORT 2020 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ACDC : African Centre for Disease Control AfCFTA : Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement AfDB : African Development Bank AFTCOR : Africa Task Force for Coronavirus APRM : African Peer Review Mechanism ARC : African Risk Capacity AU : African Union AU Bureau : African Union Bureau AU PSC : African Union Peace and Security Council AU STC : AU Special Technical Committee AUC : African Union Commission BoP : Balance of Payments CAR : Central African Republic CBR : Central Bank Rate CCRT : Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust CEN-SAD : Community of Sahel Saharan States COMESA : Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COVID-19 : Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: SARS-CoV-2 DRC : Democratic Republic of Congo EAC : East African Community ECCAS : Economic Community of Central African States ECOWAS : Economic Community of West African States EU : European Union G-20 : Group of 20 GDP : Gross Domestic Product 8