Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential
Guard, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete
National)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,812,131 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 915,028 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $137.6 million (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.3% (FY01)
Transnational Issues Guinea
Disputes - international: major border incursions from Revolutionary United Front combatants from Sierra Leone, dissident Guinean forces, Liberian Army, and mercenaries between September 2000 and March 2001 killed over 1,500 Guinean civilians and military personnel; the borders remain mostly sealed
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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