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Introduction - Angola: | Location - Angola: | People - Angola: | Government - Angola: | Economy - Angola: | Communications - Angola: | Transportation - Angola: | Military - Angola: | Military branches | Angolan Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 17-49: 2,548,455
females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 17-49: 1,282,195
females age 17-49: 1,256,390 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 126,694
females age 17-49: 123,586 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 5.7% (2006) | | Disputes international | many Cabindan separatists have returned to the province from exile since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement; concerns from international experts and local populations over the Okavango Delta ecology in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |