t stations: 1

Televisions: 11,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; includes Army and Air Wing),
Lesotho Mounted Police

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 455,218
males fit for military service: 245,774 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Liberia
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Years of civil strife have destroyed much of Liberia's economic
infrastructure, made civil administration nearly impossible, and
brought economic activity virtually to a halt. The deterioration of
economic conditions has been greatly exacerbated by the flight of
most business people with their expertise and capital. Civil order
ended in 1990 when President Samuel Kanyon DOE was killed by rebel
forces. The ensuing civil war persisted until August 1995 when the
major factions signed the Abuja peace accord and, in September 1995,
formed a transitional coalition government under Wilton SANKAWULO.
The war was resumed in April 1996, when forces loyal to faction
leaders Charles TAYLOR and Alhaji KROMAH attacked rival factions in
Monrovia, further damaging the capital's already dilapidated
infrastructure and causing panic among the remaining foreign
residents, thousands of whom sought refuge in US facilities.
Prospects for peace became extremely uncertain again.

Map
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Location: 6 30 N, 9 30 W -- Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Flag
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Description: 11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom)
alternating with white; there is a white five-pointed star on a blue
square in the upper hoist-side corner; the design was based on the
US flag

Geography
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Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,
between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Geographic coordinates: 6 30 N, 9 30 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 111,370 sq km
land area: 96,320 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries:
total: 1,585 km
border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone
306 km

Coastline: 579 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 200 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool
to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

Terrain: mostly flat