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Congo:
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Other pages in this profile of the Congo:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age for voluntary military service; women allowed to serve (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 688,628 females age 18-49: 685,388 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 406,016 females age 18-49: 394,745 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 38,464 females age 18-49: 38,082 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
3.1% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Congo hosts about 63,000 refugees from neighboring states, primarily from the Pool border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
refugees (country of origin): 56,380 (Democratic Republic of Congo), 6,478 (Rwanda) IDPs: 48,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992; most IDPs are ethnic Lari) (2006) |
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