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Introduction - Uganda: | Location - Uganda: | People - Uganda: | Government - Uganda: | Economy - Uganda: | Communications - Uganda: | Transportation - Uganda: | Military - Uganda: | Military branches | Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF): Army (includes Marine Unit), Air Force (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18-26 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of age for professionals; 9-year service obligation; the government has stated that recruitment below 18 years of age could occur with proper consent and that no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 5,012,620
females age 18-49: 4,855,858 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 2,889,808
females age 18-49: 2,780,135 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.2% (2006) | | Disputes international | Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Uganda hosts 209,860 Sudanese, 27,560 Congolese, and 19,710 Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congos Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |