Military expenditures - dollar figure: $92 million (FY99)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.8% (FY99)
@Rwanda:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: Rwandan military forces are supporting the rebel forces in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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SAINT HELENA
@Saint Helena:Introduction
Background: Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, the island was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century. It became famous as the place of Napoleon BONAPARTE's exile, from 1815 until his death in 1821.
@Saint Helena:Geography
Location: islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between
South America and Africa