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Equatorial Guinea:
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Other pages in this profile of Equatorial Guinea:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
National Guard (Army, with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age (est.) (2004) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 104,563 females age 18-49: 109,923 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 56,462 females age 18-49: 59,260 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
0.1% (2006 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delay final delimitation; UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay |
Trafficking in persons |
current situation: Equatorial Guinea is mainly a destination country for children trafficked for forced labor, involuntary domestic servitude, and commercial sexual exploitation from surrounding countries - primarily Benin, Nigeria, Gabon, and Cameroon; victims work in the agricultural and commercial sectors of Malabo and Bata, where demand is high due to a booming oil sector and a flourishing expatriate business community; children work as farmhands, street vendors, or household servants; girls are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 3 - failed to demonstrate the political commitment to address its human trafficking problem; despite efforts to raise awareness of trafficking problems, in 2006 the government failed to investigate and prosecute traffickers or protect victims |
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