Branches: Transitional Government of Ethiopia Forces, Air Force,
Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 12,658,084; males fit for
military service 6,569,759; males reach military age (18) annually
565,976 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $140 million, 4.1% of
GDP (FY94/95)

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EUROPA ISLAND

(possession of France)

@Europa Island:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 28 sq km
land area: 28 sq km
comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC