ons:

11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sc

Internet hosts:

284 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

32,000 (2007)

Transportation
Seychelles

Airports:

15 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 458 km
paved: 440 km
unpaved: 18 km (2003)

Merchant marine:

total: 8
by type: cargo 1, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6
foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 1, Nigeria 1, South Africa 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Victoria

Military
Seychelles

Military branches:

Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes Naval Wing,
Air Wing), National Guard (2005)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger with
parental consent); no conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 23,598
females age 16-49: 24,424 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 17,942
females age 16-49: 20,436 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 770
female: 750 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Transnational Issues
Seychelles

Disputes - international:

together with Mauritius, Seychelles claims the Chagos Archipelago
(UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory)

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Sierra Leone

Introduction
Sierra Leone

Background:

Democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from
1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the
displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the
population). The military, which took over full responsibility for
security following the departure of UN peacekeepers at the end of
2005, is increasingly developing as a guarantor of the country's
stability. The armed forces remained on the sideline during the 2007
presidential election, but still look to the UN Integrated Office in
Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) - a civilian UN mission - to support efforts
to consolidate peace. The new government's priorities include
furthering development, creating jobs, and stamp