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Military of Nigeria - Active duty personnel in the three Nigerian armed services is total approximately 76,000. From http://www. ...
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The Nigerian Army, the largest of the services, has about 60,000 personnel deployed in the 1st and 2nd Mechanized Infantry Divisions (located in Kaduna and Ibadan), 3rd Armoured Division (Jos), 81st Division, Lagos (Amphibious), 82nd Division (Airborne and Amphibious), and the Abuja-based Guards Brigade. There are also Divisional Artillary Brigades, as well as Combat Engineer Regiments spread all over the country. It has demonstrated its capability to mobilize, deploy, and sustain brigades in support of peacekeeping operations in Liberia, former Yugoslavia, Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sierra Leone. The operation in Liberia (ECOMOG) is viewed as one of the best examples of gallantry by the Armed Forces.
The Nigerian Navy (7,000) is divided into Western, Eastern, Training and Headquarters' Commands (Lagos, Calabar, Lagos and Abuja). It is equipped with frigates, fast attack craft, convettes, and coastal patrol boats and helicopter gunships. The Nigerian Air Force (9,000) flies transport, trainer, helicopter, and fighter aircraft, but most are fully operational. Nigeria also has pursued a policy of developing domestic training and military production capabilities. Nigeria has continued a strict policy of diversification in her military procurement from various countries. Bold textIn shipbuilding, MEKO refers to a family of warships developed by the German company Blohm + Voss. ...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air force of Nigeria. ...
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 32,665,407 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 18,763,229 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 1,452,231 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $469.8 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.9% (2003)
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See also Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) · Zambia · Zimbabwe Military branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, Peoples Militia Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,688,072 (2002 est. ...
Military branches: Army, Coast Guard Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 92,486 (2002 est. ...
The military of the Central African Republic (Forces armées centrafricaines or FACA), currently numbers at approximately 2,000, and military expenditures amount to 1. ...
The military of the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently in the rebuilding process after the Second Congo War officially ended in July 2003. ...
The 17,000-man Ivorian Armed Forces (FANCI) include an army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie. ...
The military of Equatorial Guinea was reorganized in 1979. ...
The island nation of São Tomé and PrÃncipe off the coast of West Africa maintains a very small military, consisting of four branches: the Army, the Coast Guard, the Presidential Guard, and the National Guard. ...
Military branches:Army (RSLAF) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,228,664 (2003 est. ...
Military branches: South African National Defence Force or SANDF (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Service), South African Police Service (SAPS) Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 11,924,500 (2004 est. ...
Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. ...
Dependencies and other territories
British Indian Ocean Territory · Canary Islands · Ceuta · Melilla · Madeira Islands · Mayotte · Réunion · St. Helena Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK See also : Saint Helena Refer to Saint Helena Article. ...
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