You really think they will stay there???? and notpull the...

You really think they will stay there???? and not
pull the project???

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Military Somalia Top of Page

Military branches:
a Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,787,727
females age 18-49: 1,714,792 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,022,360
females age 18-49: 1,038,697 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$22.34 million (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Somalia Top of Page

Disputes - international:
"Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities to landlocked Ethiopia and establish commercial ties with regional states; "Puntland" and "Somaliland" "governments" seek support from neighboring states in their secessionist aspirations and in conflicts with each other; Ethiopia has only an administrative line with the Oromo region of southern Somalia and maintains alliances with local Somali clans opposed to the unrecognized Somali Interim Government, which plans eventual relocation from Kenya to Mogadishu; rival militia and clan fighting in southern Somalia periodically spills over into Kenya
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 400,000 (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition for resources) 5,000 (26 December 2004 tsunami) (2005)
This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006