Army (includes
Presidential Guard, Republican Guard), Navy, Air Force, National
Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age
for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation -
2 years (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age
18-49: 1,853,316 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age
18-49: 1,038,036 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$56.7 million
(2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (2004)
Transnational Issues
Guinea
Disputes - international:
conflicts among
rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in neighboring states
has spilled over into Guinea, resulting in domestic instability;
Sierra Leone pressures Guinea to remove its forces from the town
of Yenga occupied since 1998
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees
(country of origin): 133,175 (Liberia) 13,633 (Sierra Leone)
7,064 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 100,000 (cross-border incursions from Liberia,
Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)