Sierra Leone
Military: SIERRA LEONE
Military branches:
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army (includes Maritime Wing and Air Wing) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); women are eligible to serve; no conscription; candidates must be HIV negative (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,183,093 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 731,898
females age 16-49: 838,032 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 54,212
female: 57,154 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 155
Transnational Issues: SIERRA LEONE
Disputes - international:
as domestic fighting among disparate ethnic groups, rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone gradually abates, the number of refugees in border areas has begun to slowly dwindle; Sierra Leone considers excessive Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa rivers and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands including the hamlet of Yenga occupied since 1998