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Introduction - Chad: | Location - Chad: | People - Chad: | Government - Chad: | Economy - Chad: | Communications - Chad: | Transportation - Chad: | Military - Chad: | Military branches | Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21 (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 1,527,580
females age 20-49: 1,629,510 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 794,988
females age 20-49: 849,500 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 94,536
females age 20-49: 93,521 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 4.2% (2006) | | Disputes international | since 2003, Janjawid armed militia and the Sudanese military have driven hundreds of thousands of Darfur residents into Chad; Chad remains an important mediator in the Sudanese civil conflict, reducing tensions with Sudan arising from cross-border banditry; Chadian Aozou rebels reside in southern Libya; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commissions admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |