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Military branches | Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Ground Forces, Military Air Service, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG); National Police (2006) |
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Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
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Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 853,760
females age 18-49: 835,426 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 416,091
females age 18-49: 383,056 (2005 est.) |
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Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 19,960 (Sudan), 3,325 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); note - UNHCR resumed repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees in 2006
IDPs: 150,000 (ongoing unrest following coup in 2003) (2006) |
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Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
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Disputes international | periodic skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan persist |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007