ARMED FORCES  ORUŽANE SNAGE

      Senegal ima dobro uvježbanu, discipliniranu vojsku od oko 19.000 pripadnika raspoređenih u kopnenu vojsku, Mornaricu, Avijaciju te Žandarmeriju. Senegalska vojska većinu svoje obuke, kao i opreme i ostalu pomoć prima iz Francuske. Tu su još i SAD te nešto manje od strane Njemačke.

      Senegal has well-trained and disciplined armed forces consisting of about 19,000 personnel in the army, air force, navy, and gendarmerie. The Senegalese military force receives most of its training, equipment, and support from France and the United States. Germany also provides support but on a smaller scale.

INTERNATIONAL MISIONS  MEĐUNARODNE MISIJE

      Nemješanje vojske u unutrašnje stvari zemlje doprinijelo je stabilnosti zemlje. Senegal je učestvovao u mnogim međunarodnim i regionalnim misijama mira. U 2000. šalje bataljon u misiju MONUC u DR Kongo. U misiju u Siera Leoneu (UNAMISIL) šalju bataljon obučen od starne SAD-a. Učestvovali su i u misijama Ujedinjenih Naroda u Centralnoafričkoj republici 1997., a 1994. su bili u ECOMOG misiji u Liberiji. 1991. godine su bili jedina Sub-saharska zemlja koja je poslala kontingent u Irak, u Operaciju "Pustinjska oluja".

      Military noninterference in political affairs has contributed to Senegal's stability since independence. Senegal has participated in many international and regional peacekeeping missions. Most recently, in 2000, Senegal sent a battalion to the Democratic Republic of Congo to participate in MONUC, the United Nations peacekeeping mission, and agreed to deploy a U.S.-trained battalion to Sierra Leone to participate in UNAMSIL, another UN peacekeeping mission. A Senegalese contingent deployed on a peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic in 1997, and in 1994, Senegal sent a battalion-sized force to Rwanda to participate in the UN peacekeeping mission there. In 1992 Senegal sent 1,500 men to the ECOMOG peacekeeping group in Liberia, and in 1991, it was the only Sub-Saharan nation to send a contingent to participate in Operation Desert Storm.