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Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces (includes Military Air Service), General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), National Police (2011) Military service age and obligation
18 years of age for selective military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2010) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 1,149,856
Females age 16-49 1,145,897 (2010 est.) Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 655,875
Females age 16-49 661,308 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 54,843
Female 53,999 (2010 est.) Military expenditures World Ranking: 143
0.9% of GDP (2009)
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Central African Republic (Bangui):
 
GPS points from Central African Republic (Bangui)
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The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960. After three tumultuous decades of misrule - mostly by military governments - civilian rule was established in 1993 and lasted for one decade. President Ange-Felix PATASSE's civilian government was plagued by unrest, and in March 2003 he was deposed in a military coup led by General Francois BOZIZE, who established a transitional government. Though the government has the tacit support of civil society groups and the main parties, a wide field of candidates contested the municipal, legislative, and presidential elections held in March and May of 2005 in which General BOZIZE was affirmed as president. BOZIZE was reelected in the 2011 elections, which were widely viewed as having gross inaccuracies and discrepancies. The government still does not fully control the countryside, where pockets of lawlessness persist. Militant group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continues to affect stability in the Central African Republic as well.