Guinea-Bissau
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Introduction - Guinea-Bissau: | Location - Guinea-Bissau: | People - Guinea-Bissau: | Government - Guinea-Bissau: | Economy - Guinea-Bissau: | Communications - Guinea-Bissau: | Transportation - Guinea-Bissau: | Military - Guinea-Bissau: | Military branches | Peoples Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary force | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for selective compulsory military service (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 287,542
females age 18-49: 297,295 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 152,681
females age 18-49: 161,033 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 7,320 (Senegal) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 3.1% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | in 2006, political instability within Senegals Casamance region resulted in thousands of Senegalese refugees, cross-border raids, and arms smuggling into Guinea-Bissau | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |