Angola:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 2,856,492 females age 16-49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,430,658 females age 16-49: 1,371,689 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 142,791 females age 16-49: 139,539 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 5.7% (2006)

Disputes - international	Definition Cabindan separatists continue to return to the Angolan exclave from exile in neighboring states and Europe since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement
Refugees and internally displaced persons	Definition refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)
Illicit drugs	Definition used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa