1 (2000)

Internet users:
11,700 (2002)

Transportation Seychelles

Highways:
total: 373 km
paved: 315 km
unpaved: 58 km (1997 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Victoria

Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 42,223 GRT/63,538 DWT
foreign-owned: Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Nigeria 1, South Africa 2 (2004
est.)
by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, container 1

Airports:
15 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)

Military Seychelles

Military branches:
Army, Coast Guard (including Navy Wing, Air Wing), National Guard,
Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard),
Seychelles National Police (includes Police Mobile Unit)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 23,661 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 11,712 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$11.6 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003)

Transnational Issues Seychelles

Disputes - international:
together with Mauritius, Seychelles claims the Chagos Archipelago
(UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory)

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Sierra Leone

Introduction Sierra Leone

Background:
The 1991 to 2002 civil war between the government and the
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) resulted in tens of thousands of
deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over
one-third of the population), many of whom are now refugees in
neighboring countries. With the support of the UN peacekeeping force
and contributions from the World Bank and international community,
demobilization and disarmament of the RUF and Civil Defense Forces
(CDF) combatants has been completed. National elections were held in
May 2002 and the government continues to slowly reestablish its
authority. However, the gradual withdrawal of most UN Mission in
Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) peacekeepers in 2004 and early 2005,
deteriorating political and economic conditions in Guinea, and the
tenu