Cote dIvoire
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Introduction - Cote dIvoire: | Location - Cote dIvoire: | People - Cote dIvoire: | Government - Cote dIvoire: | Economy - Cote dIvoire: | Communications - Cote dIvoire: | Transportation - Cote dIvoire: | Military - Cote dIvoire: | Military branches | Cote dIvoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC): Army, Navy, Air Force (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 3,696,106
females age 18-49: 3,569,967 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,973,265
females age 18-49: 1,911,777 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 189,354
females age 18-49: 192,600 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 39,919 (Liberia)
IDPs: 750,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.6% (2005 est) | | Disputes international | despite the presence of over 9,000 UN forces (UNOCI) in Cote dIvoire since 2004, ethnic conflict there has displaced hundreds of thousands of Ivorians in and out of the country as well as driven out migrants from neighboring states who worked in Ivorian cocoa plantations; Ivorian rebels reportedly hide along the borders of neighboring states | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |