Angola:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)
Military service age and obligation	17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001)
Manpower available for military service	males age 17-49: 2,548,455 females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 17-49: 1,282,195 females age 17-49: 1,256,390 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 126,694 females age 17-49: 123,586 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	5.7% (2006)

Disputes - international	many Cabindan separatists have returned to the province from exile since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement; concerns from international experts and local populations over the Okavango Delta ecology in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border
Refugees and internally displaced persons	refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2006)
Illicit drugs	used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa