Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (SureteNationale)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,938,693 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 1,012,181 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 94,397 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $81 million (1996 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2.1% (1996 est.)

Disputes - international short section of boundary with The Gambia is indefinite

Illicit drugs transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin movingto Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis

Current issues Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independentstate, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by theUS; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation.

NOTE: The information regarding Senegal on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Senegal Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Senegal Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.