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National Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines), Guinean Air Force (Force Aerienne de Guinee) (2009) Military service age and obligation
18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (2009) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 2,359,203
Females age 16-49 2,329,784 (2010 est.) Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 1,493,991
Females age 16-49 1,535,418 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 118,443
Female 115,901 (2010 est.) Military expenditures World Ranking: 124
1.1% of GDP (2009)
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Guinea (Conakry):
 
GPS points from Guinea (Conakry)
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Guinea has had a history of authoritarian rule since gaining its independence from France in 1958. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984 when the military seized the government after the death of the first president, Sekou TOURE. Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government. He was reelected in 1998 and again in 2003, though all the polls were marred by irregularities. History repeated itself in December 2008 when following President CONTE's death, Capt. Moussa Dadis CAMARA led a military coup, seizing power and suspending the constitution. His unwillingness to yield to domestic and international pressure to step down led to heightened political tensions that culminated in September 2009 when presidential guards opened fire on an opposition rally killing more than 150 people, and in early December 2009 when CAMARA was wounded in an assassination attempt and evacuated to Morocco and subsequently to Burkina Faso. A transitional government led by General Sekouba KONATE held democratic elections in 2010 and Alpha CONDE was elected president in the country's first free and fair elections since independence.