Military expenditures - dollar figure: $18.1 billion (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 12% (FY97)
@Saudi Arabia:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: large section of boundary with Yemen not defined; location and status of boundary with UAE is not final, de facto boundary reflects 1974 agreement; Kuwaiti ownership of Qaruh and Umm al Maradim islands is disputed by Saudi Arabia; June 1999 agreement has furthered the goal of definitively establishing the border with Qatar
Illicit drugs: death penalty for traffickers; increasing consumption of heroin and cocaine
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SENEGAL
@Senegal:Introduction
Background: Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group sporadically has clashed with government forces since 1982. Senegal has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping.
@Senegal:Geography