auto-update week 41

africa/cm.json

@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
     },
     "Geography - note": {
       "text": "sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa because of its central location on the continent and its position at the west-south juncture of the Gulf of Guinea; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano"
+    },
+    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
+      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Lake Chad drainage <em>(endorheic basin)</em>: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
+    },
+    "Major aquifers": {
+      "text": "Lake Chad Basin"
     }
   },
   "People and Society": {
@@ -341,7 +347,7 @@
       "text": "11% (2018/19)"
     },
     "Education expenditures": {
-      "text": "3.1% of GDP (2018)"
+      "text": "3.1% of GDP (2019)"
     },
     "Literacy": {
       "definition": {
@@ -493,6 +499,12 @@
       "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
         "text": "0.4% (2009 est.)"
       }
+    },
+    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
+      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Lake Chad drainage <em>(endorheic basin)</em>: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
+    },
+    "Major aquifers": {
+      "text": "Lake Chad Basin"
     }
   },
   "Government": {
@@ -1071,16 +1083,16 @@
     },
     "Airports - with paved runways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "11 (2017)"
+        "text": "11"
       },
       "over 3,047 m": {
-        "text": "2 (2017)"
+        "text": "2"
       },
       "2,438 to 3,047 m": {
-        "text": "5 (2017)"
+        "text": "5"
       },
       "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
-        "text": "3 (2017)"
+        "text": "3"
       },
       "914 to 1,523 m": {
         "text": "1 (2017)"
@@ -1088,13 +1100,13 @@
     },
     "Airports - with unpaved runways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "22 (2013)"
+        "text": "22"
       },
       "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
-        "text": "4 (2013)"
+        "text": "4"
       },
       "914 to 1,523 m": {
-        "text": "10 (2013)"
+        "text": "10"
       },
       "under 914 m": {
         "text": "8 (2013)"
@@ -1147,7 +1159,7 @@
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
       "text": "Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale Republique, MNR, includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillons d’Intervention Rapide, BIR), Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard (2021)",
-      "note": "note - the Rapid Intervention Battalion, a brigade-sized force comprised of several high-readiness land units, maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the President, rather than the Defense Minister"
+      "note": "note - the Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) is a large brigade-sized force comprised of approximately 9 battalions, detachments, or groups (5 infantry, 1 airborne, 1 amphibious, 1 armored reconnaissance, and 1 counter-terrorism); the RIB maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the president, rather than the defense minister"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2020": {
@@ -1179,11 +1191,11 @@
     "Maritime threats": {
       "text": "tthe International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea remain a very high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; in 2020, there were 98 reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea region; although a 24% decrease from the total number of incidents in 2019, it included all three hijackings and 9 of 11 ships fired upon worldwide; while boarding and attempted boarding to steal valuables from ships and crews are the most common types of incidents, almost a third of all incidents involve a hijacking and/or kidnapping; in 2020, a record 130 crew members were kidnapped in 22 separate incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, representing 95% of kidnappings worldwide; approximately 51% of all incidents of piracy and armed robbery are taking place off Nigeria, which is a decrease from the 71% in 2019 and an indication pirates are traveling further to target vessels; Nigerian pirates are well armed and very aggressive, operating as far as 200 nm offshore; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2021-002 - Gulf of Guinea-Piracy/Armed Robbery/Kidnapping for Ransom) effective 9 January 2021, which states in part, \"Piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping for ransom continue to serve as significant threats to US-flagged vessels transiting or operating in the Gulf of Guinea.&rdquo;"
     },
-    "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the FAC is largely focused on the threat from the terror group Boko Haram along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions (as of Feb 2021, this internal conflict has left an estimated 3,000 civilians dead and over 700,000 people displaced since fighting started in 2016); in addition, the FAC often deploys units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits"
-    },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
       "text": "18-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription; high school graduation required; service obligation 4 years; periodic government calls for volunteers (2019)"
+    },
+    "Military - note": {
+      "text": "the FAC is largely focused on the threat from the terror group Boko Haram along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions (as of Feb 2021, this internal conflict has left an estimated 3,000 civilians dead and over 700,000 people displaced since fighting started in 2016); in addition, the FAC often deploys units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {
@@ -1198,7 +1210,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "331,287 (Central African Republic), 118,693 (Nigeria) (2021)"
+        "text": "332,594 (Central African Republic), 118,728 (Nigeria) (2021)"
       },
       "IDPs": {
         "text": "1,052,591 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)"