Editor's Foreword

paramilitary ε82,000
coast Guard
Port Security Police ε2,000
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • MISC
BOATS/CRAFT 60+ boats
AMPHIBIOUS 5+ ACV
Security and Civil Defence Corps • Police
80,000
APC (W) 70+: 70+ AT105 Saxon†; UR-416
AIRCRAFT • TPT 4: 1 Cessna 500 Citation I; 2 PA-31
Navajo; 1 PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
HELICOPTERS • UTL 4: 2 AB-212 (Bell 212); 2 AB-
222 (Bell 222)
SelecTed non-STaTe groupS
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) According to some assessments an umbrella
group Est strength: n.k. Major equipments include: mines
and IEDs, SALW, small surface vessels • Egbesu Boys of
Africa – Ijaw Est strength: 1,000 Major equipments include:
SALW • Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities Est
strength: 3,000 Major equipments include: SALW • Niger
Delta People’s Volunteer Force Est strength: n.k.Major
equipments include: SALW • Niger Delta Vigilantes
Est strength: n.k. Major equipments include: SALW •
Niger Delta Volunteer Force Est strength: 3,000 Major
equipments include: SALW
deploymenT
cenTral african republic/chad
UN • MINURCAT 15; 2 obs
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 7 obs
democraTic republic of congo
UN • MONUC 22 obs
liberia
UN • UNMIL 1,626; 13 obs; 1 inf bn; 3 sigs pl
nepal
UN • UNMIN 5 obs
Sierra leone
IMATT 1
Sudan
UN • UNMIS 2; 9 obs
UN • UNAMID 3,331; 8 obs; 4 inf bn
WeSTern Sahara
UN • MINURSO 9 obs
rwanda RWA
Sub-Saharan Africa
321
rwandan Franc fr 2008 2009 2010
GDP fr 2.11tr
US$ 3.9bn
per capita US$ 371
Growth % 11.2 5.3
inflation % 15.4 11.5
Def bdgt fr 38.8bn 43.4bn
US$ 71m 76m
US$1=fr 546 569
Population 10,746,311
ethnic groups: Hutu 80%; Tutsi 19%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 21% 6% 5% 4% 12% 1%
Female 21% 6% 5% 4% 13% 2%
capabilities
acTive 33,000 (Army 32,000 Air 1,000) Paramilitary
2,000
organiSaTionS by Service
army 32,000
forceS by role
Army 4 div (each: 3 Army bde)
eQuipmenT by Type
MBT 24 T-54/T-55
RECCE 106: ε90 AML-60/AML-90/AML-245; 16 VBL
AIFV 35+: BMP; 15 Ratel-90; 20 Ratel-60
APC (W) 56+: 36 RG-31 Nyala; BTR; Buffalo (M-3 Panhard);
20 Type-92 (reported)
ARTY 155+
TOWED 35+: 105mm 29 Type-54 (D-1); 122mm 6 D-30;
152mm†
MRL 122mm 5 RM-70 Dana
MOR 115: 81mm; 82mm; 120mm
AD • SAM • MANPAD SA-7 Grail
GUNS ε150: 14.5mm; 23mm; 37mm
air force ε1,000
forceS by role
Tpt sqn with An-2 Colt; An-8 Camp;
B-707; BN-2A Islander
Trg sqn with L-39 Albatros
Hel sqn with Mi-24V Hind E; Mi-17MD (Mi-8MTV5) Hip
H
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT
TPT 5+: An-2 Colt; 2–3 An-8 Camp; 1 B-707; 1 BN-2A
Islander
TRG L-39 Albatros
Sub-Saharan
Africa