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Gabon:
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Other pages in this profile of Gabon:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 331,181 females age 16-49: 332,498 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 192,717 females age 16-49: 188,539 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 16,558 females age 16-49: 16,577 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 3.4% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and lesser islands and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 7,178 (Republic of Congo) (2007) |
Trafficking in persons |
Definition current situation: Gabon is predominantly a destination country for children trafficked from other African countries for the purpose of forced labor; girls are primarily trafficked for domestic servitude, forced market vending, forced restaurant labor, and sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for forced street hawking and forced labor in small workshops tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Gabon is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007, particularly in terms of efforts to convict and punish trafficking offenders; the government has not reported the convictions or sentences of any trafficking offenders; the government did not take steps to reduce demand for commercial sex acts (2008) |
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