Sudanese People's Armed Forces

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The effects of Sudan's almost constant ethnic and rebel militia fighting have penetrated all of its border states that provide shelter for fleeing refugees and cover to disparate domestic and foreign conflicting elements. Janjawid armed militia and Sudanese military have driven about 200,000 Darfur region refugees into eastern Chad; large numbers of Sudanese refugees have also fled to Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Southern Sudan provides shelter to Ugandans seeking periodic protection from soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army. Sudanese People's Armed Forces accuses Eritrea of supporting Sudanese rebel groups; efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia. Egypt is economically developing the "Hala'ib Triangle" north of the Treaty Line; periodic violent skirmishes with Sudanese residents over water and grazing rights persist among related pastoral populations from the Central African Republic along the border

Facts on the Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF)

Military branches of Sudan North Africa:	Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF): Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force
Military service age and obligation in Sudan Africa:	18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - three years (August 2004)
Manpower available for military service in Sudan:	males age 18-49: 8,291,695 females age 18-49: 8,135,683 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service in Sudan North Africa:	males age 18-49: 5,427,474 females age 18-49: 5,649,566 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually in Sudan:	males age 18-49: 442,915 females age 18-49: 426,320 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures of Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF)	$587 million (2001 est.) (2004)
Military expenditures Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF) - percent of GDP:	3% (1999) (2004)

Refugees and internally displaced persons living in Sudan:

refugees (country of origin): 110,927 (Eritrea) 5,023 (Chad) 7,983 (Uganda) 14,812 (Ethiopia)
IDPs: 5,300,000 - 6,200,000 (internal conflict since 1980s; ongoing genocide) (2005)

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