Senegal
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Introduction - Senegal: | Location - Senegal: | People - Senegal: | Government - Senegal: | Economy - Senegal: | Communications - Senegal: | Transportation - Senegal: | Military - Senegal: | Military branches | Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de lAir du Senegal) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 2,443,840
females age 18-49: 2,461,939 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,558,175
females age 18-49: 1,642,533 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 129,331
females age 18-49: 129,398 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 19,712 (Mauritania)
IDPs: 22,400 (approximately 65% of the IDP population returned in 2005, but new displacement is occurring due to clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.4% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau attempt to stem separatist violence, cross border raids, and arms smuggling into their countries from Senegals Casamance region, and in 2006, respectively accepted 6,000 and 10,000 Casamance residents fleeing the conflict; 2,500 Guinea-Bissau residents fled into Senegal in 2006 to escape armed confrontations along the border | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |