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Introduction - Liberia: | Location - Liberia: | People - Liberia: | Government - Liberia: | Economy - Liberia: | Communications - Liberia: | Transportation - Liberia: | Military - Liberia: | Military branches | Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 575,384
females age 18-49: 588,780 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 267,430
females age 18-49: 286,231 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 6,592 (Cote dIvoire)
IDPs: 13,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in November 2004) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.3% (2006 est.) | | Disputes international | although civil unrest continues to abate with the assistance of 18,000 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers, as of January 2007, Liberian refugees still remain in Guinea, Cote dIvoire, Sierra Leone, and Ghana; Liberia, in turn, shelters refugees fleeing turmoil in Cote dIvoire; despite the presence of over 9,000 UN forces (UNOCI) in Cote dIvoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to Ivorian cocoa plantations; UN sanctions ban Liberia from exporting diamonds and timber | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |