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Djibouti Armed Forces (Forces Armees Djiboutiennes, FAD): Djibouti National Army (includes Coastal Navy, Djiboutian Air Force (Force Aerienne Djiboutienne, FAD), National Gendarmerie (GN)) (2011) Military service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2008) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 170,386
Females age 16-49 221,411 (2010 est.) Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 114,557
Females age 16-49 154,173 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 8,360
Female 8,602 (2010 est.) Military expenditures World Ranking: 26
3.8% of GDP (2006)
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The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multi-party presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH; he was re-elected to a second term in 2005. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country, but also has strong ties with the US. Djibouti hosts the only US military base in sub-Saharan Africa.