beliefs, animism 23% Languages: French (official), Creole widely used Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 69.23 years male: 49.67 years female: 55.88 years (1993 est.) Exports: $75 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: electronic equipment, machine tools, refrigerators, and freezers. Throughout 1992 bloody civil disturbances disrupted food imports Economic aid: $280 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.) commodities: machinery and transport equipment partners: US, EC, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru,
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