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Central African Armed
Forces (FACA): Ground Forces, Air Force; General Directorate of
Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Republican Guard (2004)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for
voluntary and compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation is two years (2005)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49:
758,103 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49:
330,255 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$15.5 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1% (2004)
Transnational Issues
Central African Republic
Disputes - international:
about 30,000 refugees
fleeing the 2002 civil conflict in the CAR still reside in southern
Chad; periodic skirmishes over water and grazing rights among
related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan
persist
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country
of origin): 36,479 (Sudan) 1,864 (Chad) 6,484 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) IDPs: 200,000 (unrest following coup in 2003) (2004)