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Central African Republic:
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Other pages in this profile of the Central African Republic:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Ground Forces, Military Air Service, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG); National Police (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 853,760 females age 18-49: 835,426 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 416,091 females age 18-49: 383,056 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1.1% (2006 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
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): 19,960 (Sudan), 3,325 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); note - UNHCR resumed repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees in 2006 IDPs: 150,000 (ongoing unrest following coup in 2003) (2006) |
Trafficking in persons |
current situation: Central African Republic is a source and destination country for children trafficked for domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, and forced labor in shops and commercial labor activities; while the majority of child victims are trafficked within the country, some are also trafficked to and from Cameroon and Nigeria tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - the Central African Republic failed to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons during 2005, specifically its inadequate law enforcement response to trafficking crimes |
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