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Côte d'Ivoire:
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Other pages in this profile of Côte d'Ivoire:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC): Army, Navy, Air Force (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 4,369,735 females age 16-49: 4,287,042 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 2,393,104 females age 16-49: 2,381,607 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 202,545 females age 16-49: 211,601 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.6% (2005 est) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition despite the presence of over 9,000 UN forces (UNOCI) in Cote d'Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict still leaves 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; the March 2007 peace deal between Ivorian rebels and the government brought significant numbers of rebels out of hiding in neighboring states |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 25,615 (Liberia) IDPs: 709,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2007) |
Trafficking in persons |
Definition Cote d'Ivoire is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; trafficking within the country is more prevalent than international trafficking and the majority of victims are children; women and girls are trafficked from northern areas to southern cities for domestic servitude, restaurant labor, and sexual exploitation; boys are trafficked internally for agricultural and service labor and transnationally for forced labor in agriculture, mining, construction, and in the fishing industry; women and girls are trafficked to and from other West and Central African countries for domestic servitude and forced street vending tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Cote d'Ivoire is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2007, particularly with regard to its law enforcement efforts and protection of sex trafficking victims; in addition, Ivoirian law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, and Cote d'Ivoire has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption; utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europe reduced by ongoing political instability; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center |
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